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Does the following 1829 quotation qualify as an antedating of
"nigger, n." (OED draft rev. Mar. 2009) sense 1.d.,
"Used by blacks as a depreciatory term", where the earliest
quotation is 1834?<br><br>
[He thought the black man who would leave his own] "colour (provided
he can get one, who is good for any thing) and marry a white woman, to be
a double slave to her, just because she is <i>white</i>, ought to be
treated by her as he surely will be, viz.:as a NIGGER!"<br><br>
(The text in brackets is Stuckey's; the text in quotes is his quotation
from Walker.]<br><br>
Original publication presumably:<br>
David Walker<br>
<i>Walker’s appeal, in four articles, together with a preamble to the
colored citizens of the world, but in particular, and very expressly to
those of the United States of America<br>
</i>Boston, 1829<br><br>
(I suspect one will find Walker using "nigger" similarly
elsewhere in his book.)<br><br>
antedates OED draft rev. Mar. 2009 "nigger" n. sense 1.d
1834--<br><br>
Cited as from:<br>
Charles Wiltse, ed.<br>
<i>David Walker's Appeal<br>
</i>New York: Hill and Wang, 1965<br>
pp. 8--9<br><br>
Cited by:<br>
Sterling Stuckey<br>
<i>Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black
America</i>.<br>
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1987<br>
p. 123<br><br>
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