_The Pennsylvania Gazette_, July 19, 1733
_Blackamore, on Mulatto Gentlemen_
_Set a Beggar on Horseback,_ &c. Chesh.
Mr. _Gazetteer_,
It is observed concerning the Generation of _Molattoes_, that
they are seldom well belov'd either by the Whites or the Blacks.
Their Approach towards Whiteness, makes them look back with some kind
of Scorn the Colour they seem to have left, while the Negroes, who do
not think them better than themselves, return their Contempt with
Interest: And the Whites, who respect them no Whit the more for the
nearer Affinity in Colour, are apt to regard their Behaviour as too
bold and assuming, and bordering upon Impudence. As they are next to
Negroes, and but just above 'em, they are terribly afraid of being
thought Negroes, and therefore avoid as much as possible their
Company or Commerce: and Whitefolks are as little fond of the Company
of _Molattoes_.
When People by their Industry or good Fortune, from mean
Beginnings find themselves in Circumstances a little more easy, there
is an Ambition seizes many of them immediately to become
_Gentlefolks_: But 'tis no easy Thing for a Clown or a Labourer, on a
sudden to hit in all respects, the natural and easy Manner of those
who have been genteely educated: And 'tis the Curse of _Imitation_,
that it almost always either under-does or over-does.
The _true Gentleman_, who is well known to be such, can take a
Walk, or drink a Glass, and converse freely, if there be occasion,
with honest Men of any Degree below him, without degrading or fearing
to degrade himself in the least.
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