Comparative Quotes

“Chained head to toe in exponential misery” 

“To escape the boundary of the plantation was to escape the fundamental principles of their existence: Impossible.” 

Systematic racism and indoctrination causes institutionalisation, just like Brooks in SR 

“Misery, misery tucked inside misery”  

“Nothing left to show you but the latest incarnation of cruelty” 

“Arranged a match” 

“taught by the lash” Violence 

“Two other women took their own lives that spring, more than usual but nothing remarkable” 

“The gigantic tunnel opened at either end” Symbolism 

“It was customary for slaves to witness the abuse of their brethren as moral instruction” 

“People wore different kinds of chains across their lifetime” 

“Stolen bodies working stolen land”