^^p55 names, writing, MEANING narratives of enslaved people
21 “White folks expect us to sound a certain way and it can only help if we don‘t disappoint them”
23 “ ‘February, translate that.‘
‘Da mo‘ betta dey feels, da mo‘ safer we be.‘ “
126 “Folks be funny lak dat. Dey takes the lies dey want and throws away the truths dat scares ‘em.”