«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good,» said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd — Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good,» said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd — Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good,» said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd — Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good,» said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd — Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good,» said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd — Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
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«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good,» said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd try then.»

— Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
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