Slavery Diary Entry

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July 1742 I was deep asleep when I suddenly heard my alarm go off; it’s been twice since I hit the snooze button. As I got my feet off my bed, I scent an amazing smell roaming throughout my home. I think Shana was cooking again, my wife made the best meals. It’s already half past twelve, most of the villagers were already up. From my bedroom window I could hear the sound of children playing. I could also here, “three Naira for two, buy one get the other half off”, it was Hanu my neighbor carrying around his wagon with shoes. Hanu had a good way of persuading people into buying his cheap quality items. My wife was calling me, “Hayatt, come down and eat!”, I went downstairs to greet Shana, she greeted back and placed a bowl filled with beef stew on the table. Beef stew was my favorite and Shana made it even better then my mother used to. Shana and I have been married for a few months now and might I say, married life is great. “Did you hear the news on the radio yesterday?” she asked. I haven’t had time to listen to the radio lately. Usually by the time I came back from work it was a quarter past three. “Nope”, I replied. “Well, the men have caught a few other villagers.” I wasn’t very surprised by her words; the white men have been invading the capital of Benin for a while now and were capturing the people there to enslave them in their homeland. My wife and I have been living in a small town of Benin called Essaka. The white men haven’t come to this part of town because Essaka was a valley that was quite hard to get too. I looked at my watch, I was going to be late for work. I quickly rushed upstairs to get ready and then I heard a terrible screech. I heard screams from my window and it wasn’t screams of children playing, these were screams of terror that I haven’t heard ever before. As I looked out my window I seen a white men riding a horse fiercely, I guess

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