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For school I read Sarah Margru Kinson. I liked it because it is a good example of what they did to slaves and how badly they were treated.

Margru was one of the people that was with Cinque on the Amistad.I thought my teacher [Ms. Edinger] used good language and described everything well. I like the parts where it gets happy because most of it is sad.

There is a long story. First she is in Africa and Margru’s dad trades her for food because they are so hungry. They bring her to Cuba and sell her. The people that bought her got her a fake passport because it is illegal to steal slaves from Africa. Then Margru escapes, and she goes to jail. Margru goes to court to free herself. And she wins and goes back to Africa.