You see, cousin, I want justice done us.

We are in a bad position.

We are the more obvious oppressors of the negro; but the unchristian prejudice of the north is an oppressor almost equally severe." Throughout the book the idea is elaborated in many ways.

Miss Ophelia is introduced for the purpose of contrasting Northern ignorance and New England prejudice with the patience and forbearance of the better class of slave-owners of the South.

The genuine affection of an unspoiled child for negro friends is made especially emphatic.