9 Matching Annotations
- Nov 2017
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“To Canada
Her husband is planning to be a runaway.
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I tell you, Eliza, that a sword will pierce through your soul for every good and pleasant thing your child is or has; it will make him worth too much for you to keep.”
All the good things about the boy make him a valuable asset in the slave market.
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quadroon
one quarter black
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reasonable
Reasonable slavery....
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I understand, perfectly
I don't think he understands at all actually.
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ommenced toning a psalm tune through his nose,
The author has a way of telling instead of showing...
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Ah, master trusted me, and I couldn’t
This is a trade, a very capable slave for some unpaid debts. This also shows us the character of Tom, he's either very noble, or completely brainwashed.
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shall induce us to transcribe.
Breaking the fourth wall in the second paragraph
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to come under the species
He's of a lower class, barely human, scraping towards some sort of societal status update
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