How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Where is your home?" I asked suddenly.
"The east coast of Africa."
"Were you ever a salve?"
"Not I," he said proudly. (22.11-22.14)
Why is it significant that Zachariah was never a slave? Though he is a free man, does he have the same rights and liberties as someone like Captain Jaggery? Why or why not?
Quote #8
"Do you remember, Charlotte, what I first told you when you came aboard? That you, a girl, and I, an old black man, were unique to the sea?"
"Yes."
"The greater fact is," he said, "I am unique everywhere." (22.22-22.24)
Zachariah's race makes him unique everywhere.
Quote #9
"What is it?" I asked.
"I just thought of what you look like!" Evelina said.
"What?"
She wrinkled her nose. "An Indian!"
Albert laughed.
"Children!" my father cried. With much effort Albert and Evelina sat still. (22.83-22.88)
Because of her sunburn, Charlotte's sister suggests that she resembles an "Indian" – a person of Native American descent. The scene suggests that our understanding of race can change, and that perhaps it's also malleable and a social construction.