Works Cited, Tristram Shandy

A negro has a soul? an' please your honour, said the corporal (doubtingly).

I am not much versed, corporal, quoth my uncle Toby, in things of that kind; but I suppose, God would not leave him without one, any more than thee or me— 

—It would be putting one sadly over the head of another, quoth the corporal. 

It would so; said my uncle Toby. Why then, an' please your honour, is a black wench to be used worse than a white one?

I can give no reason, said my uncle Toby— 

—Only, cried the corporal, shaking his head, because she has no one to stand up for her— 

—'Tis that very thing, Trim, quoth my uncle Toby,—which recommends her to protection—and her brethren with her; 'tis the fortune of war which has put the whip into our hands now—where it may be hereafter, heaven knows!—but be it where it will, the brave, Trim! will not use it unkindly. 

—God forbid, said the corporal. 

Amen, responded my uncle Toby, laying his hand upon his heart.

Sterne, Laurence. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (pp. 394-395). Kindle Edition.