The Life of a Slave :: essays research papers

My name is Shaniqua and I am a sixteen-year-old girl from Mali, Africa. Everyone was nice back in my village. I lived at home with my mother, father, and my younger brother, Jamal. lifetime back home was great. I would help my mother around the house and take care of my little brother Jamal. Jamal and I would help mama cleared and cook. I would also help my mother make clothes to cheat on at the market. On certain days I would go to the market to sell the clothes my mother and I made. My mother and I would take turns going to the market. roughlytimes in the summer I would go to the river with my best friend.Im the type of person that would help someone if they were in trouble. I always treated people fair. I was very happy at home. The village that I lived in was always busy people always had something to do. There was never a dull moment in my village. We all got along in the village. It was a nice summer day so my friend and I decided to take a walk to the river and cool off. As we approached the river some strange expression men popped out from behind the bushes and grabbed us. I had never seen someone like that before they were pale and white. They had yellow hair and blue eyes. The men shackled us to one another and forced us to walk to where there were many other Africans in a cage. I was crying and screaming alone they didnt care. I tried to get away and they hit me with a whip so hard across my back that it bled. I had no chouse but to follow them to the coast. As I was walking I saw people from my village being whipped and beaten. They were getting whipped so bad chunks of their skin were falling on the floor. There was blood gushing from their open flesh. People are screaming for help but theres no one to help them. Some man that was shackled tried to escape, he failed. The white men killed him. As we got to the coast there were huge wooden boats waiting for us. They shoved us into the boat, then they through with(predicate) us into some place below decks. We are so close together we can hardly move. I see people getting thrown and twisted off the ship left and right.