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And Robbins makes a point of scolding Henry for thinking that he
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is somehow not different from his slave,
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and he advises him that he must make that
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a bright and enduring line between them.
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So, this plantation is founded on the white man's policing the divide
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between master and slave, even after his slave, Henry,
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has bought his freedom.
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So, it's perpetuated between Robbins and Henry, that seigniorial power,
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and Henry acquiesces and disciplines Moses in an arbitrary way.
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Moses, when he comes--when Henry comes--back from speaking with William Robbins,
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wants to continue working.
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Moses loves to work.