Henry had always said that he wanted to be a better master than any white man he had ever known. He did not understand that the kind of world he wanted to create was doomed before he had even spoken the first syllable of the word master.


The Known World (2003), ch. 3

Edward P. Jones Quotes

Henry had always said that he wanted to be a better master than any white man he had ever known. He did not understand that the kind of world he...

Henry had always said that he wanted to be a better master than any white man he had ever known. He did not understand that the kind of world he...

Henry had always said that he wanted to be a better master than any white man he had ever known. He did not understand that the kind of world he...

Henry had always said that he wanted to be a better master than any white man he had ever known. He did not understand that the kind of world he...