Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen Quotes

“Ahead was an ocean of rabbit brush bursting with yellow blossoms. The prairie under hoof was lavender in the dimming light.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“Again and again, readers told me about the altered version of history they’d been taught during their required two years of state history. It was news to many of these extremely well-educated, progressive readers that Texas had fought not one, but two wars for the right to own slaves.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“saw clear as day what was going to happen: these white men would erase us. Not just me, but all of us. The noble and the wicked. Wager and Vikers. Lemuel and Caldwell. No history book would show us putting up the telegraph lines and guarding the stagecoaches, tracking Indians and making the West safe. Hell, they might not even show the armies of black cowboys that rode the Texas ranges. Or any of our boys who fought in the Rebellion. Solomon? Would they erase Solomon, too?”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“Yes, yes, Carter, I see your point. We simply let her ride away. We’ll muster her out later. Discharge her for medical reasons. Have the quack in town sign the papers. You’re right. Who cares if she tells her story? No one will ever believe that a woman served for two years in the Buffalo Soldiers. Most citizens can’t believe niggers of any sex can be real soldiers. Yes, let her go.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“am John Horse, headman of the Black Seminoles. I led the only successful slave rebellion in the history of this country. Three times I defeated the Army of the United States of America in the swamps of Florida and kept my people free. Have you heard my story?” For the only time I knew of, the Sergeant stumbled before answering, “No, sir, I have never before heard of people of color defeating the U.S. Army.” John Horse shrugged. “Of course not. We did what our enemies fear most. Why would they share the tale? Three times the army came into the swamps of Florida to claim us. And three times we beat them back. I will tell you of my people’s victories, Sergeant, so that you will know who John Horse and the Black Seminoles are. So that you and your Buffalo Soldiers will come to fight beside us. No matter who the enemy is.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“This was news to me and gives you an idea of how different men were with their friends. Had Lem and I been girls, of the normal sort rather than my tomboy brand, we’d of known everything about each other from favorite color to which of our friends riled our nerves so bad one of us was bound to stick an ice pick in her. I surely would of known that my best friend shoed horses, making him the one person, giant or midget, no cavalry outfit could do without.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“You traitor! We took you out of darkest Africa, got you civilized, gave you the word of our Redeemer Jesus Christ, and this is the thanks?”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“Fact is, the Rebels were trapped so tight in their harebrained dream of what the South was, even death wouldn’t release them.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“Dry your tears, Queenie. Only one thing world cares less about than a black man’s tears, that a black woman’s. You be dead soon anyway. You not half as tough as you think you are.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“In the whole, long war, Seceshes never took one black prisoner of war. It was slavery or death if they caught you.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“Speak no more of the hardships you’ve endured,” Sheridan said. “Not with more than half a million souls, yours and ours, lying in their graves because, for the most selfish of reasons, you willful, prideful, ignorant, arrogant, traitorous Rebels would destroy the finest country our Almighty Lord ever set upon His benighted earth.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“Sheridan might of been Satan himself, still I could not take my eyes off of the man. When I separated him from his mount, though, I found I was looking at a squatty little fellow with black hair so short it looked painted on, a long body, strong, broad chest, short legs, not enough neck to hang him with, and arms so long that if his ankles itched he could scratch them without stooping. He”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“I worried I might have a heart as evil and unfeeling as those savages. Just like back in the barracks, all I could think was, What about Clemmie? What about Iyaiya? And I sure didn’t see any answers in the faces twisted with rage for a corn husk doll.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“butternut Yank. One of those who’d fought to save the Union. A slave-owning Union, that is.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“The circumstances of our meeting. I was wounded, my eyes were bandaged, and she saved my life. But most curious, ridiculous, really, if examined logically, is the fact that though I never actually saw the woman, I fell in love with her.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

“became el Capitán Juan Caballo and, for many years, we were happy in Coahuila. And then, once more, the betrayals began.”
― Sarah Bird, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen