Needless to say we were not allowed any head covering or any protection such as a parasol because nothing was allowed to impede the view of the customers. I was much troubled by flies but because my hands were tied behind my back I could do nothing to prevent them landing anywhere on my face and body and every so often I felt them bite.I was sold into slavery because I’d fallen in love with one of the chief’s daughters. We had conducted a long love affair unknown to Jay’s family but when Jay finally asked her father for permission to marry me, he was apoplectic with rage, banishing her from the palace and sentencing me to slavery. Despite the fact that my family had some standing on the island and despite protestations and representations from my father, I found myself the slave of the black woman Bertha Kitts.White people are in the minority on the island so when one is put up for sale in the market there is usually a good deal of interest whether the slave is male or female. There are indigenous people on the island who regard owning a white slave as a sign of their superior status.
What do You think about The Mortification Of Isabel?
