CHAPTER ELEVEN I am sold into Slavery and Service Many Mistresses When I stood in the slave market there were as many women as men with a serious intention of buying as opposed to being there simply to ogle our bodies I am fair-haired and light-skinned and the sun was beating down and burning my shoulders and back. 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 f

