"My children grew finely; and Dr. Flint would often say to me, with an exulting smile, these brats will bring me a handsome sum of money one of these days."
I thought to myself, God being my helper, they should never pass into his hands. It seemed to me I would rather see them killed than have them given up to his power." pg 68


It was difficult for me to choose one passage that emotionally captures my attention more than another. The book is basically all emotional stories explicitly stating the brutality of slavery. I guess i can write about this one where she makes a unimaginable reference to her children and the future she would wish upon them. For a mother to reach an extreme of death to avoid the ownership of her innocent naive children speaks more that a whole book to me. I don't know what exactly it is, but when circumstances are imposed on children it hits home for me. The idea that a mother would rather see her children pass then live the life of slavery is powerful and obviously has resonated with me.