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> [A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/a-startling-and-engrossing-commentary-on-the-complex-actuality-and/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

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## Other authors on American slavery

- [Abraham Lincoln 19 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-slavery/abraham-lincoln/)

## More by Sherley Anne Williams

> [“This what chance will do, children, trample over all your dreams, swing a bony ankle in front of you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/this-what-chance-will-do-children-trample-over-all-your-dreams-swing/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

> [A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/a-startling-and-engrossing-commentary-on-the-complex-actuality-and/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

> [I think writing is really a process of communication. . . . It's the sense of being in contact with people who are part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/i-think-writing-is-really-a-process-of-communication-it-s-the-sense/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

> [This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/this-is-what-i-hold-against-slavery-may-come-a-time-when-i-forgive/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

> [These is old blues / and I sing em like any woman do. / These the old blues / and I sing em, sing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/these-is-old-blues-and-i-sing-em-like-any-woman-do-these-the-old/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

> [The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. ... Blues is a basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherley-anne-williams/the-blues-records-of-each-decade-explain-something-about-the/)

[Sherley Anne Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherley-anne-williams/)

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