Mark Twain quote: To all intents and purposes Roxy was as white as anybody, but the one sixteenth of her which was black ...

To all intents and purposes Roxy was as white as anybody, but the one sixteenth of her which was black outvoted the other fifteen parts and made her a Negro. She was a slave, and salable as such.

~ Mark Twain ~

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