Book Study #3
In my novel The Book of Negroes there are many conflicts throughout which several characters and the protagonist Aminata come into contact with. Since the age of 11 Aminata has had her identity stolen and witnessed horrific incidents at such a young age; and now at the age of 15 she is in North Carolina working as a slave on an indigo plantation for a man by the name of Appleby Robinson. As time passes Aminata marries her love Chekura and becomes pregnant. After giving birth to her son Mamadu, she has never been happier, nevertheless her husband has been sent away to a plantation in Georgia and she soon feels like she will be raising their son alone. Aminata's life worsens when her owner Robinson sells her only son and causing her to feel helpless and depressed, refusing to work under rules; and is shortly sent away as well. This conflict portrayed in this section of the book was one of emotion for the readers and Aminata, who has had her life and family taken away from her; she does not giveup hope, she believes her son and husband will come back to her and they can begin their life together-free.