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I suppose I must call myself a slave for I am the colour of those of whom you made slaves.
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The speaker links the label “slave” to skin colour, pointing out that the people who enslaved others would apply that label to someone who resembles those they enslaved. The wording exposes the cruel contradiction: colour is treated as a reason for assigning a person a status imposed by force, rather than recognizing that person’s humanity.
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- Kronos: Southern African Histories
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