The following extract presents a suitable answer to the hacknied argument drawn by the defender of Slavery from the songs of the Slave, and is also a good specimen of the powers of observation and manly heart of the writer. The word hacknied is an old form of the word hackneyed. What does it mean ?

• A. Lacking in freshness and originality
• B. Saddened
• C. Double meaning
• D. Blue-eyed