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Prologue to Part I: Chapter 5, Bettah Must Come

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Sinclair, Safiya. How to Say Babylon. Simon & Schuster, 2023. Hardcover.

· In the “Author’s Note,” Sinclair shared how she followed her memories to write her story.

· Except for her family, most of the names and identifying characteristics of the people in How to Say Babylon had been changed.

· In the “Prologue,” Sinclair was 19 and thinking back on her past as she stood on the veranda of her family’s home in Bickersteth just after midnight.

· She could barely see the sea and her birthplace, which were 20 miles away.

· Where she was then was the countryside where the first Jamaican slave rebellion was born.

· The mountains and caves there were a sanctuary for runaways.

· Maroon warriors ambushed English soldiers who could not navigate the terrain.

· The countryside was where...

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