haf-and-haf

Updated: May 25, 2025

Pomp, as he was usually called by the trader, was of real negro blood, and would often say, when alluding to himself, "Dis nigger am no counterfeit, he is de ginuine artikle. Dis chile is none of your haf-and-haf, dere is no bogus about him."

William Wells Brown - Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter

Pomp, as he was usually called by the trader, was of real negro blood, and would often say, when alluding to himself, "Dis nigger am no counterfeit, he is de ginuine artikle. Dis chile is none of your haf-and-haf, dere is no bogus about him."

William Wells Brown - Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States