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The next morning I woke up feeling dopey, and the three friends I’d made were feeling the same. We had moved to the front of the cage near the door, hoping to get more air. I could see our food being prepared, and it made me feel better about the food I had eaten the night before. The water was boiled, then skimmed, and boiled again before being used in our food. The remaining water was given to us to drink.
Nothing had gone right since Kwaku brought me here, I didn’t get a separate cage, I didnt’t have special food, and I didn’t get my bottled water. But at least I felt safe with the food and water I was receiving.
After eating I sat talking with three fellow slaves, I couldn’t tell them the truth. I just let on like I was one of them, that my crime had been stealing money. That seemed to satisfy their curiosity, and they in turn told their stories.
I started to feel a little strange, I was getting groggy and feeling a little numb. I ask my fellow slaves how they felt, and all three said they felt the same way. It was a really scary feeling, I had no control.
We sat by the cage door, and watched the first cage being emptied. The slaves were taken two at a time, had their hands tied behind them, had a rope tied around their neck, and were then tied to a long rope. Soon they had all the slaves tied together on the long rope, and they were taken away.
Next they opened our cage, and since the 4 of us were sitting by the door, we were the first taken out. Two of my friends were 1 and 2 on the long rope. I was taken out, had my hands tied behind me, had a rope tied around my neck, and then tied to the long rope. The fourth was the third of my new friends, and soon they had us all tied on the long rope.
A man came up to the men who were taking us away, and told them to take us to building 2. They said due to the number of slaves, things were running behind, so they wanted us to go through phase two first. So we were taken to building 2 for processing, and would do phase one later.
On arriving at building 2, the door opened and the two friends in front were taken inside. In a few minutes I heard two screams close together, then we heard nothing more. The door opened and two men came out, one untied me from the rope and led me inside. My third friend was right beside me, when our ankles were chained to the floor. My legs were spread about a foot and a half apart, and I was made to bend over a leather covered bar with my hands still tied. The friend there beside me was made to bend over the bar, and a second bar was lowered on to our upper back pining us down.
Next I felt some thing being applied to my right ass cheek, that had a numbing effect. The next thing I was screaming in pain as my ass felt like it was on fire. The next thing I felt was something cool and soothing being applied to my ass. My legs were then released from the floor and the bar pining us down was raised. We were then led outside, where we were tied to another long rope. I could see my two friends in front, and I could see they had been branded as slaves. That confirmed what I had feared, that I had just been branded.
We stood there until all the slaves had been branded and tied to the long rope. We were then taken to building 1 for the next phase. This time six of us were taken in, and our legs were chained about three feet apart. My hands were untied and then chained out on both sides in a down position.
Next my body was completely sprayed, and a man wearing long rubber gloves and carrying a bucket, washed my face with a sponge and then my whole body. Heavy scrubbing was given to my crotch, my ass crack, and my arm pits. This procedure was repeated a second time, and then I was sprayed for a third time.
I was then directed to a door leading outside, and I emerged into bright sunlight. I was in a finced in area where we just stood until we dried. I felt like I had or was getting a sunburn standing there. Once I was dry, I was then hosed down and my body was scrubbed with a ruff sponge. This was repeated a second time before being hosed for the last time.
At this point I was able to observe that all my body hair had been removed. I remembered asking Ayitey why his body was so smooth, and he told me all his body hair had been permanently removed, when he had been processed as a slave. I now knew what had just happened to me.
I had my hands tied behind me and a rope tied around my neck, then tied to a long rope. And when all the slaves had been tied to the long rope, we were taken back to cage 2.