that land, for people like me, was tied to our freedom. You know, that land, the land and the right to be there was tied to — it was the difference b… - Colette Pichon Battle

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that land, for people like me, was tied to our freedom. You know, that land, the land and the right to be there was tied to — it was the difference between being enslaved and not. It was — it is a culture that has birthed a lot of people. And to lose that — it felt in that moment that we would lose everything.