| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 12 | 265 | Some View more quotes about free">free women claim that this book, which is supposedly written by Dina, "a slave," which continues to appear in various editions and revisions, because of its intelligence and sensitivity, is actually, and must have been, written by a free woman. |
| 12 | 266 | I suspect, on the other hand, that it is truly by a slave, as is claimed on the title page. |
| 12 | 267 | There are two reasons for this. |
| 12 | 268 | First, 'Dina' is a common slave name, often given to girls with the "Dina" brand, which is a small roselike brand. |
| 12 | 269 | Second, the nature of the songs themselves. |
| 12 | 270 | No free woman could have sung of chains and love, and the lash, and the glory of masters as she. |
| 12 | 271 | Those are songs which, in my opinion, could be written only by a woman who knew what it was to be at a man's slave ring. |