Personal Reparations 3: Heirs Property, “Safe” Words, and ‘Slave Play’

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• Spoiler alert: This essay details the last scene of “Slave Play.”
• Part 1 and Part 2 of this story can be found by clicking these links.

“Understand…” seventy-four-year-old Andrew Quarterman Jr. said to me from across the table as I ate avocado toast at Le Pain Quotidien in Manhattan’s financial district. Our Living…