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by Tori Fogg**
 * Preface (What You Need To Know Before You Read)
 * __What is the historical setting for this story?__** I’ve set this story in 1862,in Alabama. during the civil war which was a fought between the north and the south. The south wanted slavery and the north didn't want slavery.


 * __What is true in this story?__** what's true in this story is that slaves would be brought from other parts in america in 1862 on slaves ships to Alabama. slaves would also be soled at slave markets in 1862.`on slave ships white men would carry 451 human beings on a ship not including crew, and most of the time they would carry to much slaves that would have to dump 50 of the into ocean water no where near anything so the could sail faster and so the ship wont sink. It is also true that they wouldn't feed slaves food the would want to eat so most of them died, of starvation and small pox. think about being there, hungry,sick dehydrated, being surronded by your own vomit and poop and pee. I hope i got you thinking a little bit more.

__**What is fictional in this story?**__ what's fictional in this story is my main charcter Eyerus, was not a real person. or the other charcters in my story. also the men who take the slaves on the ship would not ask for names. what else is fictional is that Eyerus would not be next to your parents on the slave ship. At the slave market It was most likely that men wouldn't be grabbing me as much because they would want men so they could do the hard work and be strong.


 * __In this story, you will read about__** A slave girl named Eyerus, who was captured from Africa and meets a plantations owner and meets his daughter and they have a secret friendship with out her dads permission!

__**If you want to read MORE about these topics, I used these sources for my story:**__ "African names" February,19,2010: http://www.namesite.com "On the Slave Ship in 1862" February,20,2010: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_ship "The small pox information" February,17,2010: http://web.uvic.ca/vv/student/smallpox/overview/index.html