![]() She gives birth to a little boy, whom she names Mamadu, after her father. When Appleby hears about the baby he brutally punishes her in front of all the other slaves. Despite this horrific act, Aminata and Chekura marry and conceive a baby. When Appleby hears about the visits, he rapes Aminata. One day, Chekura appears-he has found her through “the fishnet” (121), a secret message conduit for enslaved people to locate relatives and friends. A fellow Muslim slave, Mamed, who is half-white, recognizes her potential and teaches her to read and write, a dream of hers since her father first taught her some Arabic letters. Georgia also takes Aminata along when she delivers babies, just as her mother had done. ![]() Her name is anglicized to Meena Dee, and she is taken under the wing of a wise female slave named Georgia, a South Carolina native who teaches her to speak English. After arriving in South Carolina, she is sold to an indigo planter named Appleby. ![]() ![]() She witnesses the ship’s doctor raping the other women, and she survives a slave revolt. She works as a translator for the whites and is allowed to sleep separately from the others. ![]() Aminata survives because she is young, strong, and determined. ![]()
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