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John Clarkson is an agent for the Sierra Leone Company and governor
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START: JOHN CLARKSON: Mr. Falconbridge, should you wish to return to England then I shall not stand in your way.
FALCONBRIDGE: What are you doing, Mr. Clarkson? Has this man Peters finally corrupted your reasoning?
JOHN CLARKSON: Peters is no concern of mine. I am simply trying to run the colony along principles that I believe we promised the blacks.
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END: FALCONBRIDGE: But none coming out to join you. As a medical man, I can assure you that those who remain will soon be leaving for another world.
JOHN CLARKSON: If necessary, I am prepared to be the last white man in this part of Africa.
FALCONBRIDGE: I See. (Pause) I am sorry, Mr. Clarkson. Sorry for you and sorry for your family.
Caryl Phillips. Rough Crossings. Oberon Books, 2007. pp.114-117.
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