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Essay heading: It Did Matter if You Were Black or White
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To add to the whites' fears, the black man shields his own body behind his master so that he will be safer from harms way rather than protecting the white man.
Richard Caton Woodville portrays a difference between blacks and whites regarding worldly affairs in War News from Mexico (1848). While the more cultured white men discuss the latest news, the black man and child, both of whom are placed on a lower level spatially, look on indifferently... displayed 300 characters
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While the more cultured white men discuss the latest news, the black man and child, both of whom are placed on a lower level spatially, look on indifferently. Dressed in rags, they listen to find out what all the commotion is about. But the lack of intensity in their eyes in comparison with the white men's portrays their interest as curiosity rather than intellectual pursuit... displayed next 300 characters
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