Ruben Seide
African Slave
This land is foreign to me; brought here against my will, living in Virginia, slavery and servitude is the norm in my life now. I do not have the same rights granted to the common man of this land. Born in the Bight of Biafra, I am a son of the Igbo people in Africa. Captured while protecting my family, and sold to British merchants; shackled and beaten, I was overpowered onto this vessel to America. Precious memories of home and my people are what I hold dear; I miss them greatly. I will not see them again, and that has generated tremendous resentment in my heart.
Never have I ran across a European until I was auctioned off like a mule. I do believe that these Europeans have brought enormous destruction and
African Slave
This land is foreign to me; brought here against my will, living in Virginia, slavery and servitude is the norm in my life now. I do not have the same rights granted to the common man of this land. Born in the Bight of Biafra, I am a son of the Igbo people in Africa. Captured while protecting my family, and sold to British merchants; shackled and beaten, I was overpowered onto this vessel to America. Precious memories of home and my people are what I hold dear; I miss them greatly. I will not see them again, and that has generated tremendous resentment in my heart.
Never have I ran across a European until I was auctioned off like a mule. I do believe that these Europeans have brought enormous destruction and