The People Could Fly Quotes

“They say the people could fly. Say that long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic.”

“And they flew like blackbirds over the fields. Black, shiny wings flappin against the blue up there.”

“The slaves who could not fly told about the people who could fly to their children. When they were free.”

“Then, many of the people were captured for Slavery. The ones that could fly shed their wings.”

“They couldn’t take their wings across the water on the slave ships. Too crowded, don’t you know.”

“The people who could fly kept their power, although they shed their wings. They kept their secret magic in the land of slavery.”

″‘Yes, Daughter, the time is come,’ Toby answered. ‘Go, as you know how to go!‘”

“There was a great outcryin. The bent back straightened up. Old and young who were called slaves and could fly joined hands.”

“She flew clumsily at first, with the child now held tightly in her arms. Then she felt the magic, the African mystery.”

“Sarah couldn’t stand up straight any longer. She was too weak. The sun burned her faced. The babe cried and cried.”

“The slaves labored in the fields from sunup to sundown. The owner of the slaves callin himself their Master.”