Marilyn Nelson - 'Dinah's Lament'

Marilyn Nelson - 'Dinah's Lament'

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The transcript tells the story of Fortune, a slave who died in 1798. His owner preserved his skeleton for educational purposes. Fortune's bones are now in the Mattatuck Museum. The poem 'Dina's Lament' is narrated by Fortune's wife, Dina, expressing her sorrow and pain as she cleans around her husband's remains, reflecting on their past life together.

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