magiadoreal

Jesús, Estrella, Esperanza, Mercy:        Sails flashing to the wind like weapons,        sharks following the moans the fever and the dying;           horror the corposant and compass rose. Middle Passage:                voyage through death                                to life upon these shores.        “10 April 1800—        Blacks rebellious. Crew uneasy. Our linguist says           their moaning is a prayer for death,        ours and their own. Some try to starve themselves.    ...