approbates

Updated: August 22, 2026

So, as for our declaration of independence, I guess you needn't twitt me with our slave-sales, for we deal only in blacks; but Bluenose approbates no distinction in colours, and when reduced to poverty, is reduced to slavery, and is sold a White Nigger." No. Fire in the Dairy.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - The Clockmaker : Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

So, as for our declaration of independence, I guess you need'nt twitt me with our slave-sales, for we deal only in blacks; but Blue Nose approbates no distinction in colours, and when reduced to poverty, is reduced to slavery, and is sold a White Nigger. No. Fire in the Dairy.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville