Paul D's story of Alfred, Georgia

After revealing Halle's fate, Paul D shares his own harrowing experience of being sold to a man named Brandywine and then sent to a chain gang in Alfred, Georgia. He describes being forced to wear a bit, the brutal labor, and the dehumanizing conditions of the prison camp. He recounts the moment he saw a rooster named Mister, a bird he had raised, strutting freely, and realized that he, Paul D, had become less than a chicken. The story reveals the depth of his own trauma and the way slavery stripped him of his manhood. Sethe listens with empathy, and their shared pain deepens their bond.