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Louisa Matilda Jacobs Quotes
Four of the best book quotes from Louisa Matilda Jacobs
#1
“Whatever slavery might do to me, it could not shackle my children.”
author
Linda Brent
book
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
characters
Ellen
Benny
concepts
children
Slavery
protection
determination
#2
“The dream of my life is not yet realized. I do not sit with my children in a home of my own.”
author
Linda Brent
book
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
characters
Ellen
Benny
concepts
dreams
children
disapointments
longing
#3
“I thought that if he was my own father, he ought to love me. I was a little girl then, and didn’t know any better.”
author
Linda Brent
book
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
characters
Ellen
Mr. Sands
concepts
fathers
love
childish
Misunderstandings
#4
“I would ten thousand times rather that my children should be the half-starved paupers of Ireland than to be the most pampered among the slaves of America.”
author
Linda Brent
book
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
characters
Ellen
Benny
concepts
Slavery
wishes
Mothers love for a child
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