Quotes
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Kunta Kinte : [seeing the Ligonier is in the middle of the ocean] There's no riverbank. Wrestler, where's the riverbank? Where's the earth? The earth is gone!
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Wrestler : Kunta Kinte, you do not eat?
Kunta Kinte : When I eat the white man food, my stomach comes up.
Wrestler : So does mine. But eat the food, Kunta. Listen to me! Listen carefully. You are a warrior, and a warrior must eat because he must be strong to kill his enemy. So eat the white man's food. Live, Kunta. Live and be strong! Be strong to kill the white man!
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[Ligonier crew members are letting the slaves out in order to muck out the hold]
Kunta Kinte : If they let me out of here, I'll jump off this canoe house, and swim to the riverbank!
