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= =Nwanneka lived in a jungle the west coast of African. Then one day slave traders from Americaand captured him and took him and put him on a [|slave boat.]Were he meats a man named Dudaku. Nwanneka befriends Dudaku. They best of friends through this paroles journey, One day when food was low Nwanneka, he stole dried meat, but the guard saw him. He his whip, but then Dudaku stepped and said “No I stole and gave it to him” The guard flogged Dudaku to death. Nwanneka was crushed. He felt that he was to blame for Dudaku's death. Eventually they arrived in Georgia. The human cargo was unloaded, including Nwanneka. = = = =Nwanneka and the rest of the slaves were brought to Georgia to be sold. They had heard rumors of being beaten and terrorized back when they were in their proper countries, but they have never imagined it being so horrible.[| A sea of white men are at an auction to purchase them, each bidding next to nothing for people who are priceless. Eventually, Nwanneka is sold for a mere $403.] He was brought to a cotton plantation where his master, Mr.Blake, assigned him to a shack. His shack consisted of him, Naiwa, Kenkia, Chibale, Ama, and Zuri. The three women, Kenkia, Ama, and Zuri, were there for the longest. Nwanneka found out that they are sisters and the people who inhabited this cabin prior to the three men were their brothers. They had been sold at a slave auction like the one the Nwanneka was just purchased at. None of the three women were married, and Nwanneka was taken by Zuri. She was beautiful, and he had heard that slave masters allowed marriage because marriage leads to children, or free work. Nwanneka was told by Zuri to get a good rest, for in the morning, he would be sent to the fields to harvest cotton. He obeyed. = = = =In the morning, Nwanneka was sent outside to be introduced to the master. To break in Nwanneka, Mr.Blake gave him an American name, Norman, and a beating to show him that there will be consequences for mistakes. Norman obeyed. It was a long day. Norman had to pick cotton for a full 14 hours, in the crippling heat. They were in the middle of a drought, therefore Norman and his friends were drinking whatever they could find. Even if the water was contaminated. = = = =After days and weeks of agonizing pain, Norman was assigned a new job. Due to the fact that Norman had fainted under such harsh conditions, Mr.Blake decided to get a doctor. Norman was Mr.Blake’s best slave, and he wasn’t about to lose him. Even, though the doctor said that Norman needed to stay in his ten by ten shack, he was still put to work. Instead of working in the fields, Norman was given the opportunity to help cook and take care of the children. Of course he agreed, because he did not want to have a fourth beating this week. = = = =After months and years of this horrible schedule, Norman and Zoe (Zuri) were wedded. They have four children, three girls and one boy, who Mr.Blake started working at age seven. They were given simple tasks, but it still was not fair. Norman and his family decided to escape. They used codes in songs to let the other slaves know that they were headed for the [|Underground Railroad.] They spent several days at each family’s house, awaiting their freedom. Unlike the usual one meal made from table scraps a day, they got a belly bursting three course meal three times a day! Eventually, after several months of traveling on the Underground Railroad, they saw a Wanted Poster for their family. They knew that they had to get to Pennsylvania fast, but they had fifty miles to go. They had to travel twenty miles a day so that they would get there before they were found. After reaching Pennsylvania, they got new jobs that actually payed them, and they lived happily ever after!!! =

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