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Slave Letter

September 29, 1789

My Dearest Mama Jimbei,

It's been almost 13 years since they snatched me out of your arms, mother. I still remember your glossy wide eyes when they took me away from you, and your high pitched screams still linger in my ears. I play the kidnapping scene in my head every night, trying to imagine ways that could have kept them from knocking the breath out of you in that full moon night. I'm writing to you from a foreign country called "America". I was brought here in a huge ship that holds miserable stories. I have encountered so many troubles that I do not know where to start my story from. I think of you every day mother, and these thoughts are the only reason I ...

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me to eat it by beating me until I bled. Lots of people died from disease, starvation, and suffocation from the hull's low air supply. Thoughts of suicide were always roaming my head as I saw many jump of the ship and end their lives. Yet, I still had hoped to see your face again. I was a fool.

We were sold into slavery as soon as we reached America. Some were sent to South America and the Caribbean Islands; others were sent to North America. I was one of them from the lot, who got sold to a bunch of men from North America. They were tall-white men with beards and they were the cruelest men I've ever met in my life. They did everything they could to brutalize, control, and erase our African traditions and ideas. I hated them with all my heart.

After I met them my life was filled with back-breaking chores and duties. The year began with hoeing the fields for cotton, and spreading the seeds. During the year, we had to keep the field's soil loose and free of weeds. When ...

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Added: 12/6/2012 06:24:23 PM
Submitted By: hinatasama5
Category: African Studies
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 638
Pages: 3

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