Dunk. Drip. Swish swish. Sweak. Dunk. that is all Jeb the janitor should be hearing on a June afternoon, as he mops the hallways of the public school. Instead, he is listening to the sobs and mumbled story of a little slave girl. Apparently, this little girl was working on her plantation wiht her older brother, the only family she had, when the slave traders came and bought her brother. she felt so lost, she decided to run away without realizing the conciquences.
"....and so now if i go back the master will kill me...." the girl manages to mutter between sobs.
Slavery. The meer thought made Jeb's skin crawl. how could someone with 2 eyes, 1 nose, 2 ears, and 4 arms and legs sell another person with all the same things, just because of the color of their skin? He's seen some of those so called masters, and NONE of them have the exact same skin color. When can you decide when your skin isn't black?
"....and so now if i go back the master will kill me...." the girl manages to mutter between sobs.
Slavery. The meer thought made Jeb's skin crawl. how could someone with 2 eyes, 1 nose, 2 ears, and 4 arms and legs sell another person with all the same things, just because of the color of their skin? He's seen some of those so called masters, and NONE of them have the exact same skin color. When can you decide when your skin isn't black?
Andrea,
ReplyDeleteI really like the main topic of your story how the little slave girl is taking away from her only family member her brother. Whats the little girls name and her brothers name? What time period is this during? I think that you should try to use more details about how the janitor meets this little girl.