She may be an ignorant creature, degraded by the system that has brutalized her from childhood; but she has a mother’s instincts, and is capable of feeling a mother’s agonies.
this line is so powerful
7 Matching Annotations
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“The baby is dead, thank God; and I hope my poor child will soon be in heaven, too.”
it's so interesting how there was so much hate that parents wanted their kids to die rather than birth a white child
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while the dead body of my father was lying within a mile of me
children had to grow up and not only look out for themselves but become accustomed to the loss of their family
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ry to think with less bitterness of this act of injustice
this is almost like a trauma response especially since she was so young
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My mistress was so kind to me
some were not as lucky to find safety
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His strongest wish was to purchase his children
it's so heartbreaking to think about the extent parents had to go just to reconnect with their families (if they were even lucky to make it to that point)
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Reader be assured this narrative is no fiction
I think this is so important to have because it not only makes our narrator more reliable but it prepares readers for the horrors they are fortunate to read about
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