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Zora Neale Hurston
Cudjo’s wife, an ex-slave brought to America on the Clotilda whom he meets after the founding of Africatown. Cudjo loves Seely deeply; for him, she represents the tranquil and family-centered lifestyle that he grew up and that was lost to him during his enslavement. During their marriage Seely emerges as a sensible and capable woman; she and Cudjo enjoy an equal partnership and appear to be equally devoted parents. After all of their children die, Seely becomes ill herself and dies quickly. Cudjo concludes that although Seely wants to stay with him and is sad to think of him alone, she needs to be in heaven with her children.
Abila / Seely Quotes in Barracoon
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Chapter 9
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We doan know nothin’ ‘bout dey have license over here in dis place. So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo’ wid de license than I love her befo’ de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time.
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Dat de first time in de Americky soil dat death find where my door is. But we from cross de water know dat he come in de ship with us.
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Dey sing, ‘Shall We Meet Beyond De River.’ I been a member of de church a long time now, and I know de words of de song wid my mouth, but my heart it doan know dat. Derefo’ I sing inside me, ‘O todo ah wah n-law yah-lee, owrran k-nee ra ra k-nee ro ro.’
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Chapter 10
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I tell her come and drop de beans while I hill dem up […] After a while she say, ‘Cudjo you doan need me drop no beans. You cain work ‘thout no woman ‘round you. You bringee me here for company.’
I say, ‘Thass right.’
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Abila / Seely Quotes in Barracoon
The Barracoon quotes below are all either spoken by Abila / Seely or refer to Abila / Seely. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9
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We doan know nothin’ ‘bout dey have license over here in dis place. So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo’ wid de license than I love her befo’ de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time.
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Dat de first time in de Americky soil dat death find where my door is. But we from cross de water know dat he come in de ship with us.
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Dey sing, ‘Shall We Meet Beyond De River.’ I been a member of de church a long time now, and I know de words of de song wid my mouth, but my heart it doan know dat. Derefo’ I sing inside me, ‘O todo ah wah n-law yah-lee, owrran k-nee ra ra k-nee ro ro.’
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Chapter 10
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I tell her come and drop de beans while I hill dem up […] After a while she say, ‘Cudjo you doan need me drop no beans. You cain work ‘thout no woman ‘round you. You bringee me here for company.’
I say, ‘Thass right.’
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