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They look down on the simplicity of Yankee manners, because they have no habits of overbearing like theirs, and cannot treat negroes like dogs.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “They look down on the simplicity of Yankee manners, because they have no habits of overbearing like theirs, and cannot…”
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Quincy contrasts the behavior of slaveholders with the simplicity of New Englanders, highlighting moral superiority.
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