Quotes from Grace Norwich

Every day is getting worse Do the same things and they hurt I don't know if I should cry All I know is that I'm tryin' I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe in you So why can't you be, be good to me....

He struck her so hard he broke her ribs and gave her scars for life.

Once she had an infected tooth that was getting progressively worse along a trip. Getting help was simply too dangerous, so she knocked out her top row of teeth with the handle of the gun she always carried. Now that's commitment.

There were few comforts to console them during this endless labor. Masters fed their slaves as little as possible, because food cost money. Children usually didn't have real clothes. Instead, they wore rough, itchy sacks with holes cut out for their heads and arms. Harriet

In December 1850, Harriet learned that her niece Kessiah was again up for sale. (Her owner hadn't been able to sell her before.)

In 1810, there were over one million slaves in America.

Dan was in store for a ride bumpier than any game of Quidditch could ever be.

If a slave was caught learning how to read and write, he could have his fingers or toes cut off!)

Harriet was put in charge of taking care of her younger brothers and sisters when she was only four years old.

marrying a free man did not mean Harriet became free, too.