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Page 112
... tell me mammy she had better disgraced herself than been sold ! By the- ! ' ' So , Henry ! yeh ain ' gwine swah ! hope yeh ain ' gwine lose yeh ' ligion ? Do'n do so ; put yeh trus ' in de Laud , he is suffishen fah all ! ' ' Don't tell ...
... tell me mammy she had better disgraced herself than been sold ! By the- ! ' ' So , Henry ! yeh ain ' gwine swah ! hope yeh ain ' gwine lose yeh ' ligion ? Do'n do so ; put yeh trus ' in de Laud , he is suffishen fah all ! ' ' Don't tell ...
Page 126
... tell you that either . ' ' Laud , Laud , Laud ! So yeh free man ? Well , well , well ! ' ' Once for all , I now tell you old people , what I never told you before , nor never expected to tell you under such circum- stances ; that I ...
... tell you that either . ' ' Laud , Laud , Laud ! So yeh free man ? Well , well , well ! ' ' Once for all , I now tell you old people , what I never told you before , nor never expected to tell you under such circum- stances ; that I ...
Page 155
... tell me ? ' earnestly enquired Henry . ' Da say befo ' ' e come heah way down in Fagina , he kill a man , ole po ... tell him that a man will meet him to - night below here on the river side , just where the carcass of an ox lies in the ...
... tell me ? ' earnestly enquired Henry . ' Da say befo ' ' e come heah way down in Fagina , he kill a man , ole po ... tell him that a man will meet him to - night below here on the river side , just where the carcass of an ox lies in the ...
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Part I | 17 |
Part II | 42 |
Rage in the Fiction of Martin Delany | 79 |
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