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" 'Slaves don't read,' Mr. Robert said. 'I should beat you for lying, Girl' (Anderson 9).

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"Ruth didn't like the noise and covered her ears with her hands. I pulled her toward me and patted her on the back. Ruth was simpleminded and prone to fits, which spooked ignorant folk" (14).

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" 'I was indentured when I was your age. Old Mister Malbone had five of us from Ireland, along with near 30 slaves. Worked all just as hard, but after seven years, I could walk away, thank the lord. Dinah was real nice to me when I first got there, helped me get used to a new place, and people ordering me around' "
(17).

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" 'And you. You are to address me as Madam. I expect obedience at all times. Insolence will no be tolerated, not one bit. And you will curb your tendency to talk' "
(21).

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"Lady Seymour poured a mug of fresh milk. My surprise at having a proper lady do so must have shown on my face"
"You could use some building up,' she said as she passed a plate of molasses cookies to me. "
" Eat and tell me everything" (Anderson 79).

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"I joined Ruth and Becky at the foot of the staircase, the three of us listening with big ears as Lockton and Madam shouted at each  other" (Anderson 80).

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" I did not step forward with the wine bottle. Lockton needed to believe I was a sleepy servant, unaware of his plans.
"Sal!" He snapped.
I drew my back my head and acted befuddled.
'"," Lockton said" (Anderson 92).

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" What a feared the most had happened. Madam snatched the broom from Becky's hands and raised it over her head.
"She has the Devil in her!"
"No Madam, it's and illness!' I cried. ' An ailment,nothing more."
Madam brought the broom down on the small,twisted body"
(Anderson 93).

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" 'She's lying,' l said.'She's a spiful hateful liar'"(Anderson 134).

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" 'The law binds my hands and actions. You must return with your mistress,'"(140).

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"I will run and join the British" (174).

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" When l awoke, the city of New York was burning with hellfire" (190).

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"I pulled her arm. She moaned again, but I could not be gentle. I dropped the boxes and doll, draped her arm around me, and half fell down the rest of the stairs. Once on the ground floor, she tried to walk, but one of her legs was failing her. I opened the front door and dragged the two of us out to the street"(193).

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"All I lost in the confusion was Ruth's doll"(197).

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"One day I noticed that the plants grown from Momma’s seeds had been killed by the frost, the stalks dead on the ground, with shriveled paper leaves. A lump of mud stuck in my throat. I had forgotten to care for them"(202).

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"Near 500 homes were destroyed that night, plus shops, churches, and stables. Thousands of people were homeless, without even a change of underclothes or clean stockings. Many did not eat meat for weeks on account of the death smell that poisoned the air. The job of finding bodies was so gruesome it caused grown men to scream out loud"(196).

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"I protested that I could not pay for the clothes, but Lady Seymour simply pointed to the portrait of the yellow-haired man, her husband, on the mantel and his letters stacked next to it. “We’ll not discuss payment again,” she said slowly"(203).

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"I had no time to ponder Curzon's fate"(206).

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"Why was I thinking of Ruth? I'd worked hard to pack her away from my mind" (Anderson, 267).

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"I shoot from the effort of holding myself still, clutching the crumpled paper. Momma said we had to fight the evil inside us by overcoming it with goodness. She said it was a hard thing to do but it made us worthy. I breathed deep to steady myself. I threw the Captain's note into the fire" (281).

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"I traced the I with my fingertip. This is my country mark. I did not ask for it, but I would carry it as Poppa carried his. It made me his daughter. It made me strong" (286).

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"I leaned back and took a deep breath then kicked and kicked with all my strength until the wood broke and flew into the dark" (285).