 He despises himself thoroughly, and would probably be content to starve for a month if he could appear as a white man for a day; but yet he delights in signs of respect paid to him, black man as he is, and is always thinking of his own dignity. If you...  The West Indies and the Spanish Main - Page 56by Anthony Trollope - 1860 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Slavery - 1860 - 326 pages
...probably be content to starve for a month if he could appear as a white man for a day ; but yet he delights in signs of respect paid to him — black...his father and mother had tails like monkeys, and forbid him to think that he can have a soul like a white man. Among the West Indies, one may frequently... | |
 | American periodicals - 1860 - 856 pages
...probably be content to starve for a montli if he could appear as a white man for a day ; but yet he delights in signs of respect paid to him, black man...his father and mother had tails like monkeys, and forbid him to think that he can hare a soul like a white man. Among the West Indies one may frequently... | |
 | J. Edward Chamberlin - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 340 pages
...he could appear as a white man for a day; but yet he delights in signs of respect paid to him, black as he is, and is always thinking of his own dignity....to reduce him to a despairing obedience, tell him he is a filthy nigger, assure him that his father and mother had tails like monkeys, and forbid him... | |
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