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''There was no peace in slavery, for everyday under the rule of another is a day of war'' ( Coates 130) Avianah.

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''There was no peace in slavery, for everyday under the rule of another is a day of war'' ( Coates 130) Avianah.

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"I looked back up to my father and saw a kind of realization crawling over his face, and we were, in that moment, in a kind of secret communication that can only exist between a parent and a child..." (Coates 68).

-sylvie robinson

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I was in the water, and then falling into the light, guided by my my dancing mother , until the light overwhelmed , and when it dimmed and faded away my mother was gone. K.L

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"I didn't have to wait long for the promise regret to bloom inside me, but in that moment it was overwhelmed by another portion of me, the one that thought only of my impending flight from this old world, with its dying land, its fearful slaves, and its low and vulgar whites. I would leave it all behind for freedom of the Underground, and made no exception for Thena"(Chates 115).

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"I didn't have to wait long for the promise regret to bloom inside me, but in that moment it was overwhelmed by another portion of me, the one that thought only of my impending flight from this old world, with its dying land, its fearful slaves, and its low and vulgar whites. I would leave it all behind for freedom of the Underground, and made no exception for Thena"(Chates 115).

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" Our games used to carry us off, Sophia said. We used to make ourselves up as the grand ladies would in their big dresses . We would play together in the fields back in Carolina" (Coates98). -LL

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"I thought back to Hawkins's story, of finding me on the shore. I was certain that I had been in the high grass, I remembered it clearly, remembered seeing the great stone monument before falling under, and my memory never failed." (Coates 73)- A.A

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"She moved with great force, with her every upward heave, the rail heaved with her. I had no idea she was this strong" (Coates 122).

-Toto Mbulabo

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"but what I do every evening, after breaking my back for these folks? Who fry up your bacon and corn cakes? That girl ever done that for you? who guard you against what these folks try to make of you with all their schemings? and what have I asked from you, Hiram? whatever have I asked?"( Coates 114) Justin

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"I was in the water, and then falling into the light, guided by my dancing mother, until the light overwhelmed, and when it dimmed, and faded away, my mother was gone, and I felt the land under my feet." (Coates 65)

Andrew M.

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"At every gathering there was this dispute about my mother's mother, Santi-Bess, and her fate. The myth held that she had executed the largest escape of tasking folk-forty-eight souls- ever recorded in the annals of Elm County" (Coates 92). Dayonna P

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" 'I got to get out Hi," ' she said. ' I will not be an old woman down in the coffin. I will bring no child to this. Ain't no society here. No rules. No prohibitions. They took it all with them to Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee. Ain't nothing left. It's all gone Natchez-way'" (Coates 107)

T.T

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“You was a maid to Nathaniel’s wife back then, right?” I asked.

“Wasn’t just any old maid,” she said. “Me and Helen, we were

friends. At least we was friends, once. I loved her, you know. I think

I can say that—I loved her, and when I think of Helen, I think only

of the best times.” (Coates 98) -E.W.

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"I felt faint...The smell of Lockless, the burning of brush, the orchards we now shuffled past, even the sweet sweat of The a, were suddenly acute and overpowering" (Coates 79).

-Keira White

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"It was preposterous. That was what I had always thought, what I had to think, because Santi's story came to me in a mix of rumor and whisper"(Coates 92)

Chantal

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"He'll never let me loose till I'm used up, you see? Then he'll send me out of Elm somewhere, and take up another colored girl for his fancy. We really ain't nothing but jewelry to them. I always known this, I think. But I am getting older, Hi, and knowing something is a far measure from truly seeing it" (Coates 99).

-Marin Y.

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"what I badly wanted, right then, was a blade, and with it, I would slit my own throat" (coates 121). -M.A

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“ And then there were even darker tasks. To be their eyes and ears , their  intelligence among the other tasking men…” (Coates 104) -T.T

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The Water Dancer Thematic Idea  Tracker 

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The Water Dancer Thematic Idea  Tracker 

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Small Group:

Directions: Your group will need to find 3-4 quotes that support your assigned thematic idea. Each quote must be correctly cited (Coates 43). You must include your initials with your post for credit.

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You will review the Padlet and record a quote for 3 different Thematic Ideas. (This will be recorded on your digital tracker).