[Ads-l] fellow = black man

[Joan Hall]

DARE has one additional example:
1842 Buckingham Slave States<http://www.daredictionary.com/bibliography?letterHeading=B#bibl_9915> 2.29 SC,<http://www.daredictionary.com/search?f_0=reglabel&q_0=SC> The men are usually called "boys," whatever may be their age; and very often "fellows."

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