Praying in whispers
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this is not a description but me annotating my work and methods.
There is no main character/ the main character is nameless. I did this to creat the feel that this could have been anyone, any Black girl at all. There were 10.7 million Black slaves transported to America. Over 4 million died on record.
Also the quote "Fire blood and anguish" is from the bible and since our character is religious (as most Black people were and are) I thought this was a Good finish for the story.
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