"I can hear my blood boiling like hot water in a tea kettle." -Mattie (pg 101)
"You done wrong this day and Satan is going to put you on the fire like you was pork ribs at a barbecue." -Mattie (pg 103-104)
"... the grief weighing us down like we carrying mules on our shoulders." -Will (pg 105)
"...jumped the broom" -Joe (114)
The slaves vocabulary is very descriptive and full of symbolism and metaphors. Their grammar has several errors, but their colorful language is very interesting to study.
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