Quickly the landed gentry realized that their plantations would not be profitable if they paid their workforce. Thus Mattie’s African ancestors were not turned free or given the means to farm for themselves, but held in perpetual bondage
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“I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.”
― Woman at Point Zero
― Woman at Point Zero
“Aberystwyth (n.)
A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.”
― The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.”
― The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
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