The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
"He nodded. I could see he was stern, and proud. He said, '"I'm Denmark Versey."'....He'd traveled the world with his owner Captain Vesey, who sailed a slave ship. He spoke French, Danish, Creole, Gullah, and the King's English....He came from the Land of Barbados and liked to say Charleston didn't trust slaves from there, cause they'd slit your throat.He said Charleston wanted saltwater blacks from Africa who knew rice planting."
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