"You hid better ask for manners than oney," said a gentleman, finely dressed, tc a sggar who asked for alms. — "I asked for hat I thought you had most of," was the •A gentleman of color, working on one of le.boats, was asked whether he was best off >w or before he was free. He scratched his ool^nd said, " Wall, when I tumbled over►afdi>pfore' the captain he stopped the ship, idjmt back and picked me up,'and they gave e^a glass of hot whisky and water, and then ey gave me twenty lashes for falling over•ard. But now, if I tumble overboard, the ptain he'd say, ' What's dat? Oh! onlydat im nigger. Go ahead.' "
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 14 March 1868, Page 4
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