Frederick Douglass, who had grown up as a slave on one of Lloyd's plantations, discussed Lloyd in his 1845 autobiography The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The book describes the acts of cruelty committed by Lloyd's overseers, and dwells at length on Lloyd's own despotic treatment, including whippings of two slaves caring for his horses: To all these complaints no matter how unjust, the slave must answer never a word. Colonel Lloyd could not brook any contradiction from a slave. When he spoke, a slave must stand, listen, and tremble; and such was literally the case. I have seen Colonel Lloyd make old Barney, a man between fifty and sixty years of age, uncover his bald head, kneel down upon the cold, damp ground, and receive upon his naked and toil-worn shoulders more than thirty lashes at the time. References Edward Lloyd (V) The Governor 1779–1834, from "The Worthies of Talbot," Talbot County Free Library, Md. External links 1779 births 1834 deaths People from Talbot County, Maryland American people of Welsh descent Tayloe family of Virginia Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland Democratic-Republican Party United States senators from Maryland Jacksonian United States senators from Maryland Maryland Jacksonians Governors of Maryland Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States Members of the Maryland House of Delegates Presidents of the Maryland State Senate American slave owners Lloyd family of Maryland United States senators who owned slaves