Tybee is a Black slave who gives instructions to newly arrived slaves on Sullivan’s Island. Though he presumably says what he’s supposed to say in English, when there are no white people present, he switches to Ashanti and warns the new slaves to hold onto their native languages if at all possible.
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Chapter 13. The Slave Auction
...then they’ll go to auction at Charles Town. The soldiers and sailors call the man Tybee. Tybee passes out rough garments for the slaves and teaches them necessary words, like “massa”...
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