Themes and Quotes from The Longest Memory

Punishment and Cruelty (Cook) - quote is “Books and slaves do not agree”

Freedom and Obedience (Cook) - quote is “What I heard must not be taken from him”

Freedom and Obedience (Whitechapel) - quote is “Paradise”

D’Aguair - D’Aguair condemns a racist system that dehumanises enslaved people by depriving them of their dreams

Love and Relationships (Lydia) - quote is “Our Children”

Religion (Other Slaves) - quote is “Judas”

Religion (Plantation Owners) - quote is “God is for us, not them”

Religion (Plantation Owners) - quote is “They have a new God everyday”

Punishment and Cruelty (Symbol) - quote and symbol is “The whip fed on him”

Lydia (in secret) - quote is “Clandestine”

Freedom and Obedience (Lydia) - quote is “Half in, half out”