The first documented use of “n*gga” was by a former slave named Mattie Mooreman when she was being interviewed.
“After the end of slavery, Mattie Mooreman went north to Wisconsin with a white family for whom she worked. Members of the family wanted her to go to the circus to watch a black boy’s performance.

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She told her interviewer, “Guess they thought it would be a treat to me to see another niggah. I told ’em, ‘Law, don’t you think I see lots, lots more than I wants, every day when I is at home?’”

Here’s the link for the article: http://theoklahomaeagle.net/2019/06/26/if-you-truly-knew-what-the-n-word-meant-to-our-ancestors-youd-never-use-it/

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