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Life before captureKwamefor Kofi


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My people, the Asante, traded with the whites for longer than I can remember. We swapped our slaves for wood and metal weapons called muskets. Now I am one of those slaves.


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Meeting with white men
Trading with white men.
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Life before capture for Okechukwu

Okechukwu lives in an Igbo village with his father and mother. Like Kwame he works with metal.

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Life before capture for Kofi

Kofi lives with his mother, sister and uncle in a Fanti village. He spends his days helping with the animals and playing with his friends.

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Life before capture for Oyeladun

Oyeladun lives with her family in a Yoruba village. She is engaged to marry a local sculptor. She has heard about white men. Unlike Kwame she has never seen them.

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