1845 F. Douglass x. 73 Mr. Covey enjoyed the most unbounded reputation for being a first-rate overseer and negro-breaker.
1881 Nov. 130/2 I never did better work..on the plantation for Covey, the negro-breaker, then I did for myself in these earliest years of my freedom.
1996 30 290 Frederick Douglass said the ‘turning point’ in his life occurred when he confronted a ‘Negro breaker’ and refused to be whipped.