Her support and protection
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como poderia ser a primeira, e que mais do que esta lhe podia servir de amparo e protecção.
as the first could be, and who more than she could serve him as support and protection.
More than the real mother could — because the mistress had the standing to protect where an enslaved mother could not. It is a bitter arithmetic of care: in a slave society, a child's safety depends on the rank of whoever loves her.
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