“Why was it I sometimes felt as weary of America as if I too had landed in what was now South Carolina in 1526 or in Jamestown in 1619? Was it the tug of all the lost mothers and orphaned… — Saidiya Hartman Copy Share
“Why was it I sometimes felt as weary of America as if I too had landed in what was now South Carolina in 1526 or in Jamestown in 1619? Was it the tug of all the lost mothers and orphaned children? Or was it that each generation felt anew the yoke of a damaged life and the distress of being… — Saidiya Hartman Copy Share
“In Ghana, it is said that a stranger is like water running over the ground after a rainstorm: it soon dries up and leaves… — Saidiya Hartman Copy Share Image
