... enter their "fort- which is the ruins of an old building, they pass white uniformed union soldiers. They make comments like "I'd rather have a pig than a nigger; at least you can eat a pig."" As they laugh Shaw looks at them but does not acknowledge their comment with an expression. As the night overcomes the ... Thomas is an educated nigga' and when offered to be taught to read, he says that there is nothing that he needs to learn from a "house nigger-. We now learn that Thomas is a free man as well as his father. As he continues to ride Thomas, the old man interjects. Tripp tells ... ...

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