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In 1802 London, United Kingdom an old woman named Aminata Diallo shares her life story. Aminata reflects back to 1745, when she grew up in Bayo as a freeborn Muslim belonging to the Bamana and Fula tribes. At the age of eleven, Aminata was abducted by Toubab (white men), which results in the death of her parents and was sold into the slave trade; facing extreme discrimination. There she befriends a boy named Chekura, who assists the slave traders, but is betrayed to be a slave himself. Soon, Aminata gets sold to Robinson Applyby to work in his indigo plantation. As years pass by, Aminata reunites with Chekura in secret meetings, which result Appleby to find out and to punish her by raping her. Despite this, Aminata marries Chekura and has his child, Mamadu; named after her father. …show more content…

Aminata gets sold to a Jewish man named Soloman Lindo in Charles Town, where she learns to read and write openly. Moreover, Aminata meets with Chekura once again, to discover that Soloman Lindo had helped arrange the selling of her child, Mamadu. Aminata confronts Lindo and is taken to New York by Lindo to make remends with her. However, due to riots of the American Revolutionary War, she escapes from Lindo. Moreover, due to her ability to read, write and speak multiple languages, Aminata is hired to record names in the “Book of Negroes”. Once again, she meets Chekura when working and plans to move to Nova Scotia together. Aminata discovers that she is pregnant again. However, just before boarding the ship to head to Nova Scotia, Aminata is arrested because Applyby who put out a warrant for her. Fortunately, Lindo appears in court, saying that Applyby is lying and that Aminata is his slave. Lindo eventually sets her

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