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Teenie From Moscow
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Teenie is the slave cook at Derbyshire Farms. Teenie is diminutive in stature, but she’s larger than life in personality and commands respect from everyone—even from her white masters. Amari notices that no matter what Mrs. Derby wants to eat, Teenie always cooks whatever she wants to anyway. Teenie is extremely kind and generous with everyone. She expresses genuine interest in Polly’s life story, and she helps Amari feel at home by sharing stories of her own mother, who came from Africa. She even feels deep sympathy for Mrs. Derby, whom she believes is heavily monitored by Mr. Derby . However, even as Teenie sympathizes with Polly and Mrs. Derby, she remains firm in her conversations with Polly that white people—no matter how poor or beaten down they are—are not as oppressed as slaves. Despite having been born in the colonies, Teenie clings tightly to the stories her mother told her about Africa. She also keeps a small scrap of kente cloth that her mother managed to hide all the way across the Atlantic, which Teenie sees as a reminder of the tenacity and hopefulness of Black slaves. On the plantation, Teenie knows everything and everyone—and she has more power than she lets on. In her garden, she grows plants that are poisonous and saves the seeds. Following the birth of Mrs. Derby’s Black baby , whom Teenie tries to protect from Mr. Derby, Mr. Derby chooses to punish Teenie by selling her four-year-old son, Tidbit . Tidbit is Teenie’s reason for living and holding on—but another slave, Cato , convinces Teenie that sending Tidbit with the girls is the best way to give Tidbit a chance at freedom. She sends Tidbit with her scrap of kente cloth and makes him swear to remember all her stories. Though it’s never confirmed, it’s likely that Teenie poisons and kills Mr. Derby in retaliation. Amari learns that Mr. Derby died and that Clay suspects his father was poisoned, but Clay doesn’t seem to realize who did it.
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...to Clay whenever Clay asks for her. Mr. Derby says that the girls will assist Teenie and be busy all the time, and they cannot question orders. He threatens to take...
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...her skirts. Polly introduces herself, and Amari as Myna, and the woman introduces herself as Teenie and her son as Tidbit. Polly calls her Miss Teenie , but Teenie warns her that...
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Teenie puts steaming bowls in front of the girls. When Amari begins to eat with her...
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Teenie asks how they died and seems to truly want to know. Polly tells her family’s...
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Sounding emotional, Teenie suggests that Polly has hope; she can pay back her indenture and eventually, fit in....
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...few months are miserable as she works to assimilate. She and Polly chop wood for Teenie and tend to the fire. Polly seems to still resent that she’s not at the...
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One afternoon, Amari helps Teenie in her kitchen garden. Teenie points out medicinal plants, which makes Amari wish she’d paid...
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Teenie says that her mother was a strong Ashanti woman. She told Teenie stories about the...
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Amari asks how Teenie became the cook here. Teenie says that the first Mrs. Derby put her in charge...
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About a week later, Teenie sends Tidbit, Polly, and Amari to pick peaches for pie. Tidbit climbs into the tree...
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...To help Tidbit understand what this means, she asks him to think of how worried Teenie is when Tidbit is out too long—that’s how her parents loved her. Amari is surprised...
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...Mrs. Derby comes to the kitchen, cheerfully greets everyone there, and plans the day’s meals. Teenie will prepare whatever Mrs. Derby wants, and no one questions her authority. Amari is fascinated...
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...Amari peels potatoes in the kitchen and listens to Lena, a house slave, gossip with Teenie . They argue about whether Mrs. Derby’s baby is a boy or a girl. Teenie hopes...
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Polly has her sights set on working in the big house—Amari is adjusting, and Teenie doesn’t need the help. Teenie keeps Polly busy with menial labor that Polly thinks is...
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Teenie has already heard about Hildy when Polly and Amari return to the kitchen. She asks...
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Chapter 23. Fiery Pain and Healing Hands
...the rice fields. Polly says they’ll make her recovery slow and runs off to help Teenie .
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...stay awake for several hours at a time. Tidbit makes jokes when he can, and Teenie makes Amari special foods. One evening, Amari feels well enough to sit up. She and...
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...for her with Tidbit, but Amari is disgusted and gives them to Tidbit. One morning, Teenie remarks that Amari looks sad. She says that the pain of the welts will fade,...
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Clay strolls into the kitchen one afternoon while Teenie , Amari, and Polly work on an apple pie and Tidbit and Hushpuppy sit under the...
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...Derby tells Amari to help too—she’s delivered babies before. He runs to the next plantation. Teenie sends the girls to the house with hot water. They go to Mrs. Derby’s room...
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...baby, but she knows that Mr. Derby will be enraged. Amari sends Polly to ask Teenie for help. When Teenie gets to the bedroom, she sucks her teeth and says that...
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...that the baby died or was horribly deformed and then take the baby to safety. Teenie insists that Mr. Derby will want to see the baby’s body, but Mrs. Derby won’t...
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Back at the kitchen, Teenie sends Polly to sit with Mrs. Derby and tells Amari to help her with dinner....
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In the kitchen, Polly asks Teenie what to do. Teenie points out that as a white girl, Polly is the only...
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...tells Noah the baby girl is Black. Polly is surprised when Noah looks genuinely anguished. Teenie says that everyone is alive now, but Mr. Derby will figure it out soon. She...
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...Noah says that if it’s happened before, no one has lived to tell the tale. Teenie tells Noah to run, but Noah refuses—he loves Mrs. Derby. Mr. Derby stalks out of...
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...says nothing as he gathers Mrs. Derby and carries her inside. Then, Mr. Derby tells Teenie , Polly, and Amari to follow him. They stop at the kitchen, and he forces Teenie ...
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Chapter 29. Locked in the Smokehouse
Teenie moans and holds Tidbit close. Polly asks if they can escape, but Teenie insists the...
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...erase the bloody images of Mrs. Derby’s baby from her mind. Amari falls asleep and Teenie whispers to Tidbit that as long as he remembers, nothing will be gone. Polly thinks...
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...stillbirth. He says he’ll keep a close eye on his wife. Polly wakes Amari and Teenie continues to ask Tidbit, who looks confused, if he remembers all her mother’s stories about...
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...Mr. Derby yells to Polly, Amari, and Tidbit to get in the wagon and to Teenie to have breakfast ready in a half an hour. The girls get in, and Mr....
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...Derby they were attacked and fake an injury. Dr. Hoskins assures her that he’ll tell Teenie that Tidbit wasn’t sold. He pulls out a musket and warns the girls to use...
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...Tidbit says he wants his mother, but Amari tells him he’ll be free and make Teenie proud. Polly asks where the river is and wonders how they’ll get to the North...
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...what Polly says, but she catches her meaning. Tidbit does not. He says he wants Teenie and cries when Amari suggests that Teenie would be proud of him. Polly says that...
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...Mother more when she told Amari about how to gather food. Fortunately, Amari listened to Teenie and one night she gathers a feast of nuts, berries, and roots. Polly asks how...
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...the snake bit Clay, and Tidbit asks if Clay is going to take him to Teenie . Polly is shocked and sad to hear Tidbit ask this and carefully tells Tidbit that...
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Chapter 37. Lost and Found and Lost
...bag and offers them to Fiona. Tidbit hugs Fiona, who he says is soft like Teenie . Fiona offers them food and tells Polly that they can travel on the road if...
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...that Amari is brave too, but Amari admits that she’s always scared. Tidbit asks about Teenie and says he wants to go home, but the girls hug him and tell him...
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Chapter 40. Time to Meet the Future
...down and walk. They discuss what Fort Mose will be like and Tidbit asks if Teenie will be there. Amari kneels down with Tidbit and tells him that Teenie loves him...
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Amari assures Tidbit that Teenie is smiling at him from every cloud and flower. Very seriously, Tidbit asks Amari if...
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...introduces herself and introduces Tidbit as her son. Tidbit says quietly that his name is Timothy— Teenie named him Timothy and said it’d be his name when he’s a man. Polly says...
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...Amari’s life lay beyond the horrors of slavery is starting to make sense. She remembers Teenie ’s advice that remembering can keep things from disappearing. She vows never to forget and suddenly...
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Brock, Zoë. "Copper Sun Characters: Teenie." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 13 Jul 2020. Web. 9 Jun 2022.
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“Well, pick my peas! A white woman as a maid and a beggar! Must not be no slaves from where she come from,” Teenie commented.
“Not all white people are rich landowners,” Polly said, almost coldly. “Most white folks I know scuffle for every scrap of food they get.”
“But they ain’t slaves,” Teenie reminded her quietly.
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Amari took a deep breath and grabbed a yam from Teenie’s basket. “My mama,” she began, then tears filled her eyes and she gave up trying to explain. She closed her eyes and sniffed it. She could almost smell her mother’s boiled chicken and yams.
“You know, my mama came from Africa too,” Teenie told her. “She teached me what she knew ‘bout Africa food. Long as you remember, chile, it ain’t never gone.”
Teenie paused, then said, “For me, it was the overseer, Willie Badgett. Eventually, they gets tired of you and moves on—but the terribleness of it just goes to another slave woman.”
“Money ain’t everything, chile. And ain’t none of his money belong to her—she got ‘bout as much chance to use his money as you do.”
“Yeah, but she ain’t no slave,” Lena insisted.
“Pretty close to it,” Teenie said. “He decide where she go, who she talk to, what she wear—everything. She just sleep in a better bed than you do!”
“My beautiful baby,” she murmured over and over. Finally calmer, she looked up at Teenie and the girls. “I must explain,” she whispered, “before I die.”
“You ain’t gonna die, Miz Isabelle,” Teenie assured her. “You is fit and fine. Everybody feels a little poorly after havin’ a baby.”
Tenderly, Mrs. Derby touched the infant’s velvety brown face. “You don’t understand. My husband will kill me,” she said with certainty.
“He would never do such a thing!” But Teenie knew that Mr. Derby was probably quite capable of murder and would be within the limits of social acceptability to do so for this impropriety.
“You know, I never really knew any black people before I came to Mr. Derby’s place. I mean, everybody had slaves, of course, but I never actually thought about them. And I certainly never had a black friend before,” she admitted.
Amari looked away. “Sometime I hate white people,” she admitted softly. “I never hate before I be a slave.” She stretched her arms. “I never even see white person until they attack my village. It be hard to have hate feeling and like feeling at same time.”
“What did your mama keep a-tellin’ you while you be with her?”
“She tell me stories about Africa and about her own mother, and she tell me, ‘Long as you remember, ain’t nothin’ really gone.’”
Amari, blinking away tears, hugged him. “You gonna always remember?”
“I ain’t never gonna forget nothin’ she done tell me,” the boy said with great seriousness. He squeezed the leather pouch.
She inhaled sharply as she thought of Mrs. Derby, of the infant who had been given no chance to live, and of all the other women, both black and white, who continued to suffer as property of others.
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