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He was accused of rape, and the attempt by a white mob to lynch him was the pretext for the Tulsa Riot, when nearly all of prosperous black Tulsa's business and residential districts were burned to the ground and hundreds of black men shot, burned, and their corpses photographed for postcards which were entitled "Dead Nigers in Tulsa, 1921."
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He added, "neighboring Mauritania and Mali, South Sudan, Southern Africa, are all Nigers waiting to happen."
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From bodily peculiarities they derive not only their Syllas and Nigers, but their Caeci and Claudii; wisely endeavoring to accustom their people not to reckon either the loss of sight, or any other bodily misfortune, as a matter of disgrace to them, but to answer to such names without shame, as if they were really their own.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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From bodily peculiarities they derive not only their Syllas and Nigers, but their Cæci and Claudii; wisely endeavoring to accustom their people not to reckon either the loss of sight, or any other bodily misfortune, as a matter of disgrace to them, but to answer to such names without shame, as if they were really their own.
Coriolanus Plutarch 1909
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_The_ Nigers _are brought out of a Pagan Country, into places where the Gospel is preached_.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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And yet 'tis to be feared, we have no other Kind of Title to our _Nigers.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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And as the reading and paying public is mainly composed of Nigers, the papers must sooner or later cater for their needs, and lose no opportunity of casting obloquy and ridicule upon the authorities and Albus in general.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Peace in the Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau, discusses the how the record 2005 food prices in Nigeria siphoned Nigers production.
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• Improve food access • Improve food availability But Nigers next food crisis may not look like that of 2005.
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Humanitarian Assistance Bureau, discusses the how the record 2005 food prices in Nigeria siphoned Nigers production.
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