I wondered what God breathed into me. ... Before transatlantic slavery, Caribs the indigenous inhabitants of the Caribbean islands had their own slaves, who were forced into slavery mainly due to what we would now consider to be classism. ... Toomer describes his characters as having 'hair - braided chestnut',17 'mat[ted]' hair18 and 'hair [that] thins'19. ...

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