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Once she opened the door, her life would forever be divided into before and after.
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“In addition, social status for slaves transferred from mother to child rather than from father to child, so regardless of your father’s status, you would be a slave if your mother was enslaved. Those changes in social codes ensured eighteenth-century planters of Virginia a steady supply of workers.”
― Yellow Crocus
― Yellow Crocus
“Our forebears were quite clear on the matter: slaves are only three-fifths of a man. They are not entitled to the same rights as Christians.”
― Yellow Crocus
― Yellow Crocus
“romance will not ensure your happiness as easily as the finer things in life.”
― Yellow Crocus
― Yellow Crocus
“Life is either a collision of random events, like billiard balls during a break careening off and into one another, or if you are so inclined to believe, our predetermined fate—what my mother took such great comfort in calling God’s will.”
― The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
― The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
“I do not care if it is the fashion. It is unseemly for a woman of your stature to feed a child. Your heartbreak would only be greater should they die. I know from experience, it is best not to love your children too deeply, as it only causes pain.”
― Yellow Crocus
― Yellow Crocus
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