Excerpt from Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave

The da, during old colonial days, often held high rank in rich Martinique households. The da was usually a Creole negress, - more often, at all events, of the darker than of the lighter hue, - more commonly a capresse than a mestive; but in her particular case the prejudice of color did not exist. The da was a slave; but no freedwoman, however beautiful or cultivated, could enjoy social privileges equal to those of certain das. The da was respected and loved as a mother: she was at once a foster-mother and nurse.

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