1. Was the slavery in Jamaica degrading to the masters and overseers as well as the slaves?
2. Why does Atu kill himself? 3. Atu loved his horse, so why did he break its legs?
4. Why does Ajeemah spend part of each night imagining his family?
Would this not make him sadder?
5. Why do the slaves in Ajeemah and His Son not rebel and kill their oppressors? Do they want to? What would stop them?
6. Ajeemah and Atu live fairly ordinary lives as representative slaves.
Why would Berry not give them exciting deeds to do? How does he maintain interest in a story about mundane lives?
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