“‘Tis my fate to be always ground into the mire under the iron heel of oppression. Misfortune has broken my once haughty spirit; I yield, I submit; ’tis my fate. I am alone in the world – let me suffer; can bear it.”
– Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 20. The Duke to the King. Thought both are themselves imposters, this quote is very symbolic of the feelings of a slave or black person during that time period. Submission, suffering, and deceived into believing this was their fate.