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Definition of Niggery
1. like a black person [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niggery
niggies niggish niggle niggled niggler nigglers niggles nigglier niggliest niggliite | niggling nigglingly nigglings niggly |
Literary usage of Niggery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Queen Cora, Or, Slavery and Its Downfall by James Rodwell (1856)
"See-saw, niggery daw, ... An' her '11 scold so if 1 does go, so it am better stop
wa' I is. [Sings. See-saw, niggery daw, ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris by Julia Collier Harris, Katherine H. Wootten (1918)
"The editor of the magazine to which it was submitted thus commented on it: "It
is a little too 'niggery.' Have you not another a little more ideal than that ..."
3. Retrospections of America, 1797-1811 by John Bernard, Laurence Hutton, Brander Matthews (1886)
"... mister, I guess you don't see the moral sin of niggery; but it ain't only that.
This Thomas Jefferson—did you ever see him ?" The president nodded. ..."
4. The History of Mankind by Friedrich Ratzel (1897)
"It is asserted that the often-mentioned Dualla village " Hickory Town " was once
a slave village called " niggery Town. ..."