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Summary Of Hidden Girl By Shymia Hall
Memoirs should be written and read so people are educated on what to look for in slavery cases and when to report them. In the novel, Hidden Girl by Shymia Hall, Shymia Hall had been recently rescued out of slavery. She explains how a bystander, most likely in her neighborhood had saw multiple signs of slavery and contacted Child Protective Services to check on Shymia and her case. Shymia states, “The unknown person might have spotted me at midnight when I was hanging the clothes out to dry, or through the kitchen window at two in the morning when I was still washing dishes. However he or she learned about me, they questioned how I was being treated and did the right thing. They made a call. That call ended up in the hands of both the local

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