…House Niggers would even take up the beating of other slaves to show Massah that they were indeed “good Niggers.”
Typically, House Niggers would do anything and everything to gain the favor of the slavemaster, while Field Niggers did all of the hard work and were generally the only ones to stand against slavery.
http://www.blacknla.com/news/Articles/DJInthehouse.asp
Indeed, Tainui’s own House Niggers (Tuku Morgan, Rangi Whakaruru, Schaafhousen, Rahui Papa, Patsy Mclean etc…) have taken to beating up on the other slaves (Roa, Rau, everybody else etc…) to appease the Massah (the Maori king).
The analogy fits like a glove. How very, very appropriate.
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