Mass and Velocity of Slavery Ch 7

[Joseph Tracy]

On Pg 68 P describes slavery and all its accumulated cruelties as having weight and velocity. He then describes what sounds like what is currently described as PTSD, how despair and  suicides are high among both slaves and slavers. P then "lightens the mood with Mason and Dixon's brotherly bickering. Mason is handling it by imagining he has gone to a strange planet inhabited by aleins where the VOC owns all. Dixon points out there are regions not under their control and urges him to join him in escaping the Vroom house and exploring those places. Thus begins a series of adventures in those outposts not controlled by the Voc.


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