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But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, Where is your money? and if I have none, they say, Get out you Indian dog.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, Where is your money? and if I…”
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Franklin highlights the discrimination faced by Indigenous people when seeking basic necessities in colonial society.
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