“Everything changed. Lucindia refused to come to the house after you were taken away. Mama wanted to sell her and your brother and sisters, but Papa refused. He said he’d never sell another slave again, especially a child. He and Mama argued all the time after that. Charlotte wasn’t the same either. She cried a lot and had nightmares.”
… Because you can’t buy and sell human beings and treat them harshly and not be affected greatly by it. You can’t treat people this way and your heart not be harmed. You cannot.
