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This reunion got me in my feels 😭😭😭😭

'“No matter how many slaves you own, no matter how brutal you get, you’ll never be one of us. You might wear fine clothes,” the minister continued. “But don’t forget, you’re still a negro. You were born a negro, and you’ll die a negro. And when you do, your body will rot in a negro’s grave.”'

"[...] He hosted gatherings where the wealthiest men of Charleston would dine and discuss which families to tear apart next, all under fellowship and faith. To them, slave markets were a holy place, a site where they enacted God’s will on earth. These were the gatherings Nathaniel prayed on his knees to be invited to."

Praying the irl versions of these fuckers are rotting in hell rn

"[...] He could see it in their eyes. He could read their thoughts as easily as if they were spoken aloud. They think I’m a traitor. They think I’m worse than the White man. Maybe I am."

It's giving black maga

The gasp I just gusped as Charity and her daughters mete out punishment. GET EM, MAMA 🫣😨🪚

"If you can reach them, I swear before Heaven and Earth that we shall see you to Vermont. Tell them Miss Clara sent you. You and your dear girls will have a home here, where no man shall lay claim to your freedom again. I implore you, hold fast, my dear. Your story is yet unfinished, and Providence does not forsake those who seek the light."

I'm not hormonal yet I'm crying 😭😭

Had to take a 24 hour break from this book because this white man lawyer pissed me off so much omg

'“No!” Larkin’s voice roared through the courtroom. “This ain’t justice! This is theft! Stealing my wife! My children! My life!”'

😭😭😭😭😭

This legal fight over Charity and her daughters' freedom is even more heartbreaking than the plantation chapters. Jesus

'Charity spoke softly. “You saw us, Mr. Stevens. You knew what this meant for us. How could you look at my girls and argue they were anything but free?”

“Again, the law,” he said, his voice quieter now, “does not bend to sentiment. If it did, it would no longer be the law.”

“Then the law is broken. And so are the men who stand behind it.”'

Thanks I fucking hate it