At last we came to the island of Barbados. Many merchants and planters came on board. They looked us over. I thought we would be eaten by these ugly men. We were taken on shore. There we were penned up together like so many sheep. The slave buyers hurried to make their choices. Families and friends were separated. Several brothers were sold in different lots.
Let me ask you. Isn't it bad enough that we are torn from our country? That we must work to make you rich? Why must parents also lose their children? Why must husbands lose their wives? Surely this is some new form of cruelty.
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