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EPI 2017 - HISTOIRE - ANGLAIS - 4A 4C

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They woke up me in a start and they got me out of the hold with other blacks<br />

then we walked several miles. We reached destination where there were a lot of<br />

people and white big cabins in which than examined us. They brought us in a<br />

big place and they forced us to climb on a platform. When we heard bells<br />

people came in front of the platform with sadistic smiles. Chained five to five,<br />

we were exposed to their eyes. A man approached, caught my harm and looked me up and down. They<br />

looked me, he decided to buy me with four other black persons, two men and two women.<br />

I was very sad and scared because I was separated from my family.<br />

At that time, I realized I become a slave. My master looked really<br />

nasty. He looks us like animals in cages. This man, we need to call<br />

him master, brought us at his home. His domain was immense and<br />

his home too but slaves slept in old shelter in wood.<br />

We slept on each other, it was very uncomfortable and without intimacy.<br />

We don‟t have shoes, don‟t had the right to drink and to eat when we had need.<br />

When our master decided it, we ate...<br />

After a few days, the master showed us the plantations and the tools. We worked on plantations for<br />

whole days. The work was difficult and exhausting. We sleep very little time and we woke up very early.<br />

One day, my master sent me to the river for the water for the animals. At the river, one woman in<br />

distress with children asks me for crossed the river. She suffered, her children too. I see a small boat…<br />

<strong>4A</strong> – Leïlou.M – Juliette.D – Louis.F – Loïc.B

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