Inez quotes

Chapter 42

She inhaled sharply as she thought of Mrs. Derby, of the infant who had been given no chance to live, and of all the other women, both black and white, who continued to suffer as property of others.

Chapter 41

"It be like this," Inez said. "The English soldiers control the colonies. The Spanish ain't no saints who think everybody ought to be free. They free the slaves because it makes the English sol- diers angry and because England be losin' lotsa money when they lose slaves."