Meaning of nigger killer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A kind of sweet potato.
   archaic, countable, offensive, uncountable
2. Inferior rum.
   archaic, offensive, uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nigger, killer (a killer of black people).
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Next in keeping quality come the Hayti Yam, the Red-skinned, Brimstone, Nigger Killer; and the last of the potato section is the Nansemond.”

“Among the best known in this class are the "white” and the “purple” West Indian Yam, “ Brazilian Yam,” “Nigger Killer," "Hayti,” “Spanish,” “San Domingo,” “Davis Enormous” and a number of others.”

“The roots [of the Shanghai] resemble those of the Nigger Killer in shape, growing very long and cylindrical, but in color they are almost white.”

“Nigger Killer ( probably same as NIGGER CHOKER) .”

“Dey was fine 'taters, red on de outside and pretty and white on de inside, but white folks called 'em 'nigger-killers.' Dat was one of deir tricks to keep us from stealin' dem 'taters.”

“As to color, the roots are salmon with a rich yellow flesh. When cooked it is sweet and juicy. The leaves are long and irregular, with prominent yellow veins. The Nigger Killer, “Pattysaw” and Red Buck are of little importance from any standpoint.”

“This is in fact the poisonous stuff called 'nigger-killer' which I have already spoken of.”

“As a matter of fact, the Congo State, from the first period of its exitsence as the Congo Association, has consistently set its face against the spirit traffic, and it is due to the measures of the King of the Belgians, and to his imperative injunctions, that the illicit importation of spirits has failed to pierce the western barrier raised by his wisdom and energy in Central Africa. If the Governments of Germany and France had acted in the same manner, the “nigger-killer” would never have been known throughout the vast portion of the Dark Continent.”

“There are the Portuguese, with their rum or “nigger-killer," with their fort, administering unjust justice.”

“all Governments have to derive the support necessary for their existence from taxation. In the Congo State the chief resource up to the present has been rubber. In British Colonies in Africa it is alcohol, more definitely the coarse raw spirit known as “nigger-killer.””

“Not content with their thriving export slavery, the Portuguese resolved to make sure of this bad business by forging a second slave-chain of rum, vulgarly called “nigger killer.””

““Nigger killer!” ejaculates M‘Fadden, “let go there!””

“If a man does not provide well for his slaves, it soon becomes known; he gets the name of a “nigger killer,” and loses the respect of the community.”

“But he had never seen the Bola before, had never heard of her, and therefore was not aware that her skipper, Captain Rackwell, was known from Conakry to Old Calabar as the Nigger Killer.”

“There are no innocent white people, because every one of them is a potential nigger-killer, if not an actual one.”

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