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From New York by Gaslight by George G. Foster
Of course the negroes form a large and rather controlling portion of the population of the Points , as they bear brutalization better than the whites , ( probably from having been so long used to it ! ) and retain more consistency and force of character , amid all their filth and degra dation . They manage , many of them , to become house - keepers and landlords , and in one way and another scrape together a good deal of money . They associate upon at least equal terms . with the men and women of the parish, and many of them are regarded as desirable companions and lovers by the “ girls . ” They most of them have either white wives or white mistresses , and sometimes both ; and their influence in the community is commanding . But they are savage , sullen , reckless dogs , and are continually promoting some " muss " or other , which not unfrequently leads to absolute riot .
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