The Joys of Motherhood The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
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Slavery Quotes Page 1  Page (1 of 3) Quotes:   1    2    3   How
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(Chapter.Paragraph) Quote #1  She whirled round. "Who is going
to stop me? Who dares to stop me? You?" she wailed, very near
hysteria. "Bah! You think you have the right to play God, just
because you are Agbadi? You have your wives—they can look after
you. You have your slaves—let them mop up your stinking blood!"
(2.26)  In this fight between Ona and Agbadi, we see that in
traditional Ibo culture, there is a distinction made between
wives, on the one hand, and slaves on the other. We also know
that slaves could become wives, and we see that women are
considered to be owned by their husbands.  Quote #2    Though it
is the custom and tradition that slaves die with their owners,
this slave woman is stubborn and doesn't want to die.  Quote #3
Nwokocha Agbadi took his daughte