How are the ideas of assimilation and White Man's Burden connected to each other?

the enslaved people onboard suffered from illness with some frequency

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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woah dude who's thia? need more info

those who allied with france gained land and power.