The stories also tell that the murderers are seen as some sort of hero, being seen joking and boasting about the incident. ... In his words, "If you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master "to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best nigger in the world- (qtd. ...

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