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"The Early Bootlick Gets the Grade"
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"The Early Bootlick Gets the Grade"

1860 Antebellum (1820-1861)

Excerpt from an 1860 play mocking an abolitionist, published in the Nassau Rake.

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“The Early Bootlick Gets the Grade: A Drama in Two Acts,” Nassau Rake (June 1860): 26-28.

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