Topsy was a mischievous and clever black slave girl in the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. One of the characters treats her like an animal and whistles to her the way "a man would to call the attention of a dog". She was trained to believe by her masters that as a "nigger", she was naturally bad. She tells another character: "I’s wicked, – I is. I’s mighty wicked, any how. I can’t help it"
Why do you think Miss Aggy refers to Lois as "Topsy"?
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