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unanswerable No set up in the
It pushed them all into the crack of the rock, and the cliff closed firm and fast behind them, an unanswerable “ No ” set up in the face of their pursuers.
— from The House of Arden: A Story for Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

us niggers set up in the
And we couldn't do no work on Sunday, no mam, everybody had to rest on that day and on preachin' days everybody went to church, white and black to the same church, us niggers set up in the gallery that was built in the white folks' church for us".
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

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