traded as livestock

traded as livestock

under dark of night

enslavers came in numbers

overwhelming the innocent 

kidnapped souls

man woman child

mattered not

gold is the prize

all about gold coin

forced  labor

forced favor

owned like dogs

traded as livestock

abused on whims

on insane displays 

of superiority

the multiple beatings

said so

african slaves made

fat white plantationers

wealthy beyond counting

cotton is king

cotton is coin

cotton is responsible

for many deaths

african and african-americans

are our history

black history

is everyday