Book Of Negroes: Aminata And The Abolitionist Movement

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Ms. Stellato
ENG 4U
May 26, 2014 Book of Negroes Literary/ Research Essay Aminata 's wide experience is crucial for the abolitionist movement, her unique knowledge and skills resulted to a vast field of experiences of the heartless African slavery. Her skills and knowledge that she got from her parents made a huge role on her survival that brought her to a unique experience of slavery. She grew up with the influence of a strong mother and a knowledgable father."Mama is strong… Beauty comes and goes. Strength you keep forever."(19). They shaped Aminata to grow strong and intellectual.This let Aminata develop skills and abilities that was then crucial for her survival. Aminita is a strong weapon to the
It made her useful enough for her life to be spared. It is a very important skill that she have, as important as her ability to speak different languages. She was able to speak Fulfude, Bamanankan, butit doesn 't stop there because Aminata is a fast learner. "I have never seen someone from Africa learn so fast."(143) says Georgia, Aminata 's accompany at Appleby. Aminata learned how to speak buckra with the help of Georgia. Aminata 's skill had lift her importance as a slave which led for her to be taken by Lindo Solomon. Lindo had owned Aminata because she caught his attention with her talent and potential. Lindo educated Aminata about the monetary system. The potential of Aminata that amazed the owners just shows how African people doesn 't look at them human like, but as animals who isn 't capable of anything. With Aminata seeing different people 's struggles because of her talent, she can narrate their stories and show how torturous slavery
Through the deaths of her love ones, the physical and mental abuse that rained onto her, losing her dignity, and losing every part of her. She past through countless obstacles that no other slaves have done. Her perspective is the best way to look onto and use for the movement. At such a young age Aminata had already lost her parents. A kid 's guide to life. She learned to live by herself with the help of wise lectures from her parents that she kept in her heart. The agony of losing someone didn 't go away but was refreshed throughout her life. She lost her husband, her son that died, her daughter, and many important persons that had been part of her life. She might have seen her daughter by the end of her story but she didn 't know. Until then she endure the pain of losing her daughter, the fruit of her love with Chekura. Aminata had passed hardships. The determination she developed through her slavery became stronger over time. This rock-like perseverance is the reason she survived the slavery and live upto her age. Aminata 's perseverence serves as the ideal concept for the movement.

To Conclude, Aminata 's experiences of slavery is too valuable for the abolitionist to pass. Her knowledge and skills made her understand various stories of slavery that had poured onto Africans. Her own experience of intolerable pain would be and important piece for the abolitionist to have. She would be the sharpest sword to have for