How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Sell a pusson down de river—down de river!—for de bes! I wouldn't treat a dog so!" (18.9)
Given that so-called scientific theories of the nineteenth century proposed that blacks were between man and animal in the grand hierarchy of species, Roxy's complaint really says a lot about how dehumanizing the conditions "down the river" were.