A Escrava Isaura 7.142 · 7.142

The astonishing claim, quietly made: she would rather be here, at the wheel in the senzala, than up in the great house. Away from the masters' eyes, among the enslaved women, she hopes for 'socego' — peace. It is the deepest irony of her position that the place of punishment might be the safer place.

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