Emma a 18 year old African American lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, she was enslaved for almost her whole life, living with her Mom and Dad as a slave, but then something tragic happened when she was only 3 years old, they had both disappeared, she was then alone and had to be safe by herself. It was then 15 years later she was older and wiser she was not 18 years old , still enslaved by her Captain, John. She hated being punished it was the worst thing she feared of, being whipped by her Captain. It was later she had made a fire for her Captain’s two boys, Adam and Levi. She had done her job as the Captain had requested. It had been 3 hours later, she had been woken up by the sound of people screaming and yelling, she had gone outside