We just fakin out master
Blacknuss
Beautiful Voices Project
...She teaches us that voodoo was used as a means, in slavery, for slaves to break free from the slave master. When the slave wanted to break free from the master, the only way to get out a lot of times was to die. But the family would be in and knowing that, nah, he’s not dead or she’s not dead, we just faking out master so we can get him of the land so he can go get some help so we can break free from the plantation.