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Quotation from Billy Budd and Other Stories by Herman Melville

“the negro”

Herman Melville (spoken by Benito Cereno)

Billy Budd and Other Stories, Benito Cereno (final pages) (Piazza Tales (1856))

Portrait of Herman Melville

Don Benito's answer when Delano asks what has cast such a shadow upon him.

Citation: "the negro" — Herman Melville, Billy Budd and Other Stories, Benito Cereno (final pages) (Piazza Tales (1856)). (id billy-budd-and-other-stories-q4)

Portrait: Herman Melville by Joseph O Eaton, Joseph Oriel Eaton, Public domain.

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