...indignation in Mrs Ellison, who replies 'Surely, Mr. Ellison, you do not call negroes my fellow creatures?' 'Indeed, my dear,' answered Mr. Ellison, 'I must call...the present difference is merely adventitious, not natural.'28 Mrs Ellison's response, denying that the African slaves are her fellow creatures, appeals...

...indelicate and almost unnatural, (p. 139) Indeed, my dear ... I must call them so [fellow creatures], till you can prove to me, that the distinguishing...natural. But we will not at present pursue this subject. (P- 13) These three examples incorporate the incongruity between to use modern terminology - a conceptual...

...of this anecdote, a climax characteristic of the fable of the nonhuman being: "Indeed, my dear,... I must call them so, till you can prove to me, that...as we are; in the next world perhaps much greater" ( 13) , 56 Mrs. Ellison's affection for her lap dog refers to a satiric theme of misogynist writing...

...indelicate and almost unnatural. (139) "Indeed, my dear. . . I must call them so [fellow creatures], till you can prove to me, that the distinguishing...natural. But we will not at present pursue this subject." (13) The nuances in these passages reveal connections between gender and race in the first instance,...

...that they are his "fellow creatures." "I must call them so," he tells his cruel and incredulous wife, "till you can prove to me, that the distinguishing...present difference is merely adventitious, not natural" (i3). Eve Stoddard sees Sir George Ellison as a reformist text that seeks to improve "plantation management...