The island's closeness to the mainland is the setting detail that makes the Phippsburg townspeople most nervous about allowing African Americans to stay on Malaga Island.
In the novel 'Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy,' the setting detail that makes the Phippsburg townspeople most nervous about allowing African Americans to stay on Malaga Island is the island's closeness to the mainland. This proximity makes the townspeople fear potential interactions and influences from the African Americans living on the island.
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