Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2)

by Justina Ireland

He is trying to protect me, in the simple way men are always trying to protect women: by stealing away their freedom.

After all, we Children of Ham know the curse that has been laid upon us—not the curse of bondage, but rather the curse of neglect. This country does not see, nor seek to remedy, the suffering of the Negro, and we are taxed to bear the wrath of white inadequacy.

“I find the Bible tedious. I prefer Shakespeare. Or that new writer, Twain. I find their writings somewhat more relevant to my experience.”