therainfromfreecloud:

Madi Appreciation Week Day 7: Free Choice: Madi+Books

This was inspired by the Madi’s Library Appreciation post by @beanarie !

It got me thinking more about her books, how they might have come to the island, sent to her by Mr Scott, or brought there by others, and then there were a lot of Thoughts, and it kind of went from there, so… little musings/ficlet(?) thing(?) below


Books were a precious thing in the Maroon Camp.

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mirandaabarlow:

Madi Appreciation Week:

Day Five: Most Empowering Moment 

↪  “When this is through, you’ll present this [terms] to your people and advocate to accept them. Every fugitive slave in your camp will receive their immediate emancipation. With one condition. Any escaped slave who seeks refuge with you after the ratification of this deal will be surrendered to the law. And any pirate at any time who seeks refuge with you will be surrendered to the law. Why would we ever accept that?