Sentence:  Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a <WSD>disgrace</WSD>—that I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it, 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Something which brings dishonor; the cause of shame or reproach; great discredit