For example, under Professor Harvey Whitfield I have learned a great deal about the system and economics of American slavery—especially the importance of individual experiences and testimonies in formulating an historical narrative. It has prompted a profound interest in furthering my studies on the effects of American slave’s agency (i.e., how exactly slaves participated and interacted with their surrounding social structures) and the extent of their ability to make choices. I have come to grasp the immense complexity of historical narratives. For the black American slave, there is not one story to be told. Slave experiences differed greatly from region to region (New England, New York, the Chesapeake, and the Deep South). Professor Whitfield prefers to call it “American slaveries,” as slave systems were by no means