Bayo (1745)

The village of Bayo rests in the African interior. It is a small village with a few dozen families. Although it is small, it is quite lively, with different groups -- the Fulbe and Bamana among them -- making their home there.

Aminata is born in Bayo, and when she is taken away and forced into slavery, she spends her entire life yearning to return to Bayo.

Sullivan's Island and St. Helena's Island (1757)

Various plantations stand throughout South Carolina, and after she is auctioned off to Robinson Appleby on Sullivan's Island, Aminata is forced to work in Appleby's indigo operation on St. Helena's Island in South Carolina, which at the time was one of the Thirteen Colonies in what would eventually become the United States of America.

Charles Town (1762)

Solomon Lindo buys Aminata from Robinson Appleby and takes her home to Charles Town, where she begins working for...