And My Story Waits Like a Restful beast

This chapter is significant because it shows just how terrifying Aminata's experience really was. She establishes that her journey feels like she is in the belly of a Tiger. The ship is a powerful beast and they were rotting on the inside. In this chapter, she speaks with the abolitionists  about her experiences, and how she is being treated. This chapter has many powerful quotes including: " Sometimes I imagine the first reader to come upon my story. Could it be a girl? Perhaps a woman. A man. An Englishman. An African. One of these people will find my story and pass it along. And then, I believe, I will have lived for a reason."  This quote is extremely important because it shows her thought process for what she is going through. She knows that people who read her story will be shocked at first but there is a very good chance that it will have in impact in peoples lives.