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ing to know where Susan was, and when Eden remained silent, he began whipping her with a strap, and she w “Ransom money,” the North Carolina schoolmaster blurted out. ’ ” What he saw below him was that enchanting mixture of broad estuaries, nestling coves and long fingerlike penin­sulas pro At dawn they were marched out of the barracoons and down to the wharf, where Cudjo saw for the first time a burly redheaded old man with

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