Slave Women Quotes

“There is no protection. To be female in this place is to be an open wound that cannot heal. Even if scars form, the festering is ever below.”
― Toni Morrison, A Mercy

“I’m most endeared to the fact that they used gifts and talents that were taught to them by other enterprising women who looked just like them. These are gifts and talents they brought with them from Africa and other distant shores. These were gifts and talents women used to appease their owners, and make their lives comfortable. These were gifts and talents used to fuel economies and for building communities. In one book I read, nickels from the sale of chicken eggs paid the college tuition of three children.”
― Robin Caldwell, When Women Become Business Owners