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On the other hand, the common word "talking" is more casual, louder and clearer. That is why I think Haley used " murmuring" instead of the more usual "talking."
Then, Haley used "toubob" instead of the more usual "white men," because the Africans meant "toubob" as an insult and they thought of the white men as devils. For instance, in Chapter 37, "So great was his fury that Kunta was barely aware of the women singing Toubob fa! And when he had finally been chained back down in his place in the dark hold, his heart throbbed with a lust to murder toubob." This sentence implied Kunta's insult, and in Kunta's mind, the white men were like devils.
Next, Haley used "growing in volume and intensity" instead of "growing louder and louder" because the prisoners feared the white men would know they could communicate with each other. In addition, the prisoners were excited that they knew more than one tongue. They communicated with each other without white men's language. Therefore, ...

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