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There are 2 scenes that have really stuck in my head (SPOILERS)


While Bridget Turner is treating Nat’s brutally whipped back, she says>
“To watch a strong man broken down is a terrible thing”


When young Nat is invited to choose a book from the book case in her house Elizabeth Turner says>
“These books are for white folks. They’re full of things your kind wouldn’t understand”

Then she hands him The Bible and says
“You’re a special boy, Nathaniel. Study hard here”

(this sets his path towards becoming a preacher)


Any others?

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