Slavery brought many tears and was the saddest thing that happened in history.
Amari's life was perfect. But when slave traders invade her village and brutally murder her entire family. Amari finds her self dragged to a slave ship headed to the Cape Coast, an infamous slave-holding prison. When Amari is on the "death ship" she meets a girl named Afi, who helps her get through the abusive beatings and the raping that the sailors’ did for fun. After Amari arrives at Carolina she is then auction off to a plantation owner and given to his son, Clay Derby, as a birthday present. Amari then meets Polly who is a 16 year old servant girl who hates slaves and thinks they are a waste of time. But then Mr. Derby tells Polly she has to teach Amari the rules and how to speak enough English so she can be told what to do.
Amari, summoned to Clay's bedroom twice a week, is excused from working in the plantation's rice paddies. When another sexual treachery blows up violently, the ensuing chaos provides Polly and Amari a cover for escape. They escape to Fort Mose, Florida, in search of sanctuary at the Spanish colony.
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in adventure. This book kept me on the edge.
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