In South Carolina, a stone-cutter, also an Irishman, was stripped naked, and then, amidst cries of “Brand him!” “Burn him!” “Spike him to death!” scourged so that blood came at every stroke, while tar was poured upon the lacerated flesh.
Sumner describes the brutal treatment of an Irish stone-cutter in South Carolina, illustrating the extreme violence against abolitionists.
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