What do you think Baby Suggs meant when she says, "What'd be the point [of moving?]...Not a house in this country ain't packed to the rafters with some dead Negro's grief. We lucky this ghost is a baby."

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What do you think Baby Suggs meant when she says, "What'd be the point [of moving?]...Not a house in this country ain't packed to the rafters with some dead Negro's grief. We lucky this ghost is a baby."

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Asked by Claudia R #432968 on 3/27/2015 8:11 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 3/27/2015 8:54 PM

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/27/2015 8:54 PM

Baby Suggs means that every nergro home has misfortunes, grief, tragedy, and ghosts wrapped up inside. To move would mean entering a place filled with someone else's ghosts.

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