What right did these white people have to be here in the first place, stealing our land and making our people slaves? And now they have the audacity to try to buy us back from the French like we are nothing more than property?

— Tiphanie Yanique Land of Love and Drowning (2014)

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Source: p. 173, Jacob Esau, after hearing of Americas attempts to purchase the island of St. Thomas from France
Work: Land of Love and Drowning, 2014
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Land of Love and Drowning (2014)

Land of Love and Drowning (2014)

Land of Love and Drowning (2014)

Land of Love and Drowning (2014)

Land of Love and Drowning (2014)

Land of Love and Drowning (2014)

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