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In the book Polly Amari, and tidbit travel to Fort Mose in what was then Spanish Florida from Charles Town, South Carolina on foot. The actual journey takes around a week to a week and a half.

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cape coast castle is mentioned in the beginning of the book when she gets captured. Its one of the 40 slaves castles of the time period. Its where slaves were taken before boarding the ship to be taken to either Europe or the Americas.  The women where in a small room. The only form of ventilation was a small whole in the ceiling.

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The murder of slaves were extremely rare as they were valuable to their owners. If a slave was murdered they were usually overlooked by other people. In our book two slaves were murdered and nothing happened. Slave owners rarely got in trouble .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment_of_slaves_in_the_United_States

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Charlestown was mentioned in the novel as a place to where they went through on the ship. It's in South Carolina

photo and info: https://www.boston.gov/neighborhood/charlestown

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The Spanish would promise freedom to any slave that escaped to Florida. The governor that established a free black village at the fortified town of Fort Mose. This was the place where Polly, Amari and Tibet escaped to. The town was the first free black town in North America. The all black militia there fought with the Spanish army against the British.

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/research/st-augustine/fort-mose/

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On the trip to Africa there were around 12 million slaves. There was mentioned that there were many slaves on the ship, and many were sold.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/how-many-slaves-landed-in-the-us/

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Fufu is a food made from pounded cassava, green plantain flour, and water. It is common in west Africa. Amari mentions it being made multiple times, and her making it herself

Photo: https://www.africanbites.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_9634.jpg

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Percival is what the controller for the farm is called. For example Mrs Derby calls Mr. Derby Percival.  The word Percival's origin is valley which can be translated to farm. So Mr. Derby is called the controller of the farm.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/percival

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Venison is the meat of a deer. Venison can be used to refer to any part of the deer, it can include the flesh and internal organs. This is what Amari  and others ate, and the derby house

https://www.dartagnan.com/buy/venison-meat/
Photo: https://reclaimingyesterday.com/coffee-crusted-venison-chops-with-parsnip-apple-puree/

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During the time of slavery black babies were frequently used as alligator bait.  In the book Tibit was used as alligator bait.

"They would go down there at night, take these babies and... tie them up, put a rope around their neck and around their torso, around here, and tie it tight. They'd be screaming... What they were doing would help them to chum the water. He said when they would throw the babies in tied to this rope, he said in a matter of minutes, he said, the alligators were on them. "
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/black-babies-used-as-alligator-bait-in-florida-6531453

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The Hoppin-Jack is known as Carolina peas and rice. It is a peas and rice dish served in the Southern United States. This is what Teenie made for Amari, Tidbit and Polly,

https://shewearsmanyhats.com/hoppin-john-recipe/

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https://springfield.instructure.com/courses/169/assignments/2149

Slaves came out of Southwest Africa. They were controlled by the British and is located in the countries of Ghana and Sierra Lano.  Amari came from a village in Ghana.

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How many ethnic groups were brought from Africa

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How many ethnic groups were brought from Africa

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There were around 50 ethnic groups from Africa that were taken to America. This resulted in around 12 million Africans.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/on-african-american-migrations/

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How many slaves did the average person have in the late 1600's?

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How many slaves did the average person have in the late 1600's?

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The great majority of Southern farmers owned no slaves or owned fewer than five slaves.

https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/25577

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How much did the average slave cost in the late 1600's?

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How much did the average slave cost in the late 1600's?

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The average slave would cost around 20-50 pounds.

https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/25577

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How much would the average slave cost today?

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How much would the average slave cost today?

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an average slave in the American South cost the equivalent of $40,000 in today's money.

https://www.freetheslaves.net/our-model-for-freedom/slavery-today/

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10.7 million slaves were brought to the America's. Only 388,000 came to North America. 3.7 million slaves were brought to the Caribbean. Over 9 million slaves were brought to South America.

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from Africa to America the journey was around 2-3 months.

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"At least 2 million Africans--10 to 15 percent--died during the infamous "Middle Passage" across the Atlantic. Another 15 to 30 percent died during the march to or confinement along the coast. Altogether, for every 100 slaves who reached the New World, another 40 had died in Africa or during the Middle Passage."

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=446