what is the context behind this quote - That, I decided, was what it meant to be a slave: your past didn't matter; in the present you were invisible and you had no claim on the future.

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The Book of Negroes

what is the context behind this quote - That, I decided, was what it meant to be a slave: your past didn't matter; in the present you were invisible and you had no claim on the future.

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Asked by Jocelyne F #982489 on 5/12/2020 4:59 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 5/13/2020 2:24 AM

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Answered by Aslan on 5/13/2020 2:24 AM

As a slave you are invisible:stripped of all identity. You no longer have a past or a future. Your only reality is indentured servitude-you are a non-person.

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