Esteban Montejo In Biography Of A Runaway Slave By Miguel Barnet
In the book Biography of a Runaway Slave, the author Miguel Barnet meets with a 105 year old Esteban Montejo because he knew he had such a rich life and it needed to be turned into a story for others to hear. Esteban grew up a slave, and eventually escaped slavery to live on his own in the forest and eventually became a soldier in the Cuban war of independence.
Esteban Montejo became a Cimarron when he escaped slavery because he always lived in fear of slavery due to the way his life was from living in slavery and the way the slaves were treated by their masters. Esteban said “If you didn’t escape early on into the forest to be a Cimarron, you had to be a slave. It was better to be alone, on the loose, than in that slime and rot.”(p.40) the idea of escaping from slavery overwhelmed Estebans thought every day until he escaped one day. And after escaping, Esteban lived in the woods and hill all alone while being very fearful of capture. He lived alone because he had the idea that if he had any one with him that other runaway would or could sell him for his own freedom. He lived in caves and the up-top of trees hunting pigs and grinding leaves for coffee.
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He knew that the church was founded and created by the same people who were all for the inquisition of Cuba. Because the priests were influential in everything, this is specifically why he did not like this religion. Esteban Sais “With women they were devils. They converted the sacristy into a whorehouse.”(p.80) He was also told stories of how the priests threw the women down caves where the priests acted as executioners and killed them. Some of these caves were full of water and drowned these poor women. (p.80) Esteban like the African religion because the priests there did their due diligence, including collecting money for clothes and food. These priests did not leave the church; instead they passed all of their free time
Esteban Montejo became a Cimarron when he escaped slavery because he always lived in fear of slavery due to the way his life was from living in slavery and the way the slaves were treated by their masters. Esteban said “If you didn’t escape early on into the forest to be a Cimarron, you had to be a slave. It was better to be alone, on the loose, than in that slime and rot.”(p.40) the idea of escaping from slavery overwhelmed Estebans thought every day until he escaped one day. And after escaping, Esteban lived in the woods and hill all alone while being very fearful of capture. He lived alone because he had the idea that if he had any one with him that other runaway would or could sell him for his own freedom. He lived in caves and the up-top of trees hunting pigs and grinding leaves for coffee.
Esteban …show more content…
He knew that the church was founded and created by the same people who were all for the inquisition of Cuba. Because the priests were influential in everything, this is specifically why he did not like this religion. Esteban Sais “With women they were devils. They converted the sacristy into a whorehouse.”(p.80) He was also told stories of how the priests threw the women down caves where the priests acted as executioners and killed them. Some of these caves were full of water and drowned these poor women. (p.80) Esteban like the African religion because the priests there did their due diligence, including collecting money for clothes and food. These priests did not leave the church; instead they passed all of their free time