They wouldn't ha' done as much for an admiral of the R'yal Navy.

They know who's who--these niggers do; and I smelt mischief the moment I saw them on their faces.

I asked them afterwards in your presence, Captain, why they had done it, and they answered that the passengers were holy men.

You heard 'em yourself." "Well, there's no harm in that, Hawkins," said Captain Meadows.
"I don't know that," the mate said doubtfully.

"The holiest Christian is the one that's nearest God, but the holiest nigger is, in my opinion, the one that's nearest the devil.