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slave), to cause a distinction, will not call 

 him Master: therefore, among the white 

 men in America, they are all Mr. and Sir; 

 so that in conversation you cannot discover 

 which is the master or which is the man. It 

 is the same with the white women; they are 

 all Madam and Miss. If you call at the door 

 of any man, and ask the servant if his 

 master is at home, he will say, " Master! 

 I have no master : do vou want Mr. Such- 



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a-one ?'' that is, the man he serves: — and if 

 you want a man that is^a w r hite servant, 

 the master calls him in the same manner. 



Now this sits so uneasy on an English 

 servant that, by being called Mr. and Sir, 

 he soon becomes the greatest puppy ima- 

 ginable, and much unpleasanter even than 

 the negro. Then, as all men imitate their 

 betters in pride and consequence, when the 

 negroes meet together they are all Mr. and 



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