12 years a slave What do these words mean in the context given? What do these words mean in the context given? d--d. G--n, D--n Extracts from: "12 years a slave" by Solomon Northup Chapter XVI Epps mused awhile, evidently impressed with the plausibility of my theory, and exclaimed: - I'm d--d, Platt, If I don't believe you tell the truth. He must take me for a soft to think he can come it over with them kinds of yarns, must'nt he? Maybe he thinks he can fool me; maybe he thinks I don't know nothing - can't take care of my own niggers, eh! Soft soap old Epps, eh! Ha, ha, ha! D--n Armsby! I think he is saying "dead or damned" and "Damn" but not sure about that. I have also found G--n, I believe this is: gawn, that is, gone. What do you think about? On the other hand, can anyone explain me how racist these words are in English? I have seen: coloured man, nigger, negro, black, etc. I know that afroamerican is the most correct word, bu what about the people living in Africa or Europe with no american roots? Thanks.