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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner: "And who gave her the people, the living flesh and blood, that she might
give them away, into the hands of others?" asked the stranger, raising
himself.
Peter looked at him and was half afeared. "Well, what could she do with a
lot of miserable niggers, if she didn't give them to us? A lot of good-
for-nothing rebels they are, too," said Peter.
"What is a rebel?" asked the stranger.
"My Gawd!" said Peter, "you must have lived out of the world if you don't
know what a rebel is! A rebel is a man who fights against his king and his
country. These bloody niggers here are rebels because they are fighting
against us. They don't want the Chartered Company to have them. But
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