“What good's a black face if it means I'm just someone else's property? Why give me these arms and legs just to carry someone else's load, not my own?” FreedomPrideSlaveryRace RelationsBlacknessRunawayCarrying OnStacey LeeUnder A Painted SkyAnnamaeBlack Identity Book:Under a Painted Sky Source: Under a Painted Sky
“You ever think about the noose?' 'I been thinking about the noose since I was born.” SlaveryRace RelationsRunawayLynchingStacey LeeSammyNooseUnder A Painted SkyAnnamae Book:Under a Painted Sky Source: Under a Painted Sky