... 159). However, Narrative may have been viewed by some white people, especially those in the South, as merely a work of fiction. It would have been common, amongst the majority of white people in that time period, to disbelieve anything a black person said. Unfortunately, Douglass" (a black man) first hand account ... escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being arraigned before a court for her horrid crime." (p. 69) Douglass sums it up with "It was a common saying, even among little white boys, that it was worth a half- cent to kill a "nigger," and a half-cent to bury one." (p....

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