How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Dey's sayin' it's some counties got twice many n*****s as white folks." (56.8)
This is a small indication of how massive the slave trade was in America. What's more, it explains why slave-owners were so rabidly paranoid about their slaves rising up against them.
Quote #8
"You don't know who's shuffling and grinning and planning to cut your throat. Even the ones right in your house. You simply can't trust any of them. It's in their very nature." (58.18)
Or, you know, they might just be upset that you've kidnapped, enslaved, and oppressed them. That kind of thing tends to ruffle one's feathers. Although this statement is patently absurd, we see similar ones spouted by slave-owners on a near constant basis throughout the novel. In many ways, they refuse to see the reality of the system they have built.
Quote #9
He was too old to run away again and too beat up. And scared. All the pain and terror of those terrible days and nights of running came back. (67.17)
Kunta never loses his burning desire for freedom, but there comes a point when he knows that his chance for escape has passed. It's a tough realization to make. Still, it helps him understand his fellow slaves a lot more, as he had long criticized them for so willingly accepting their lot.