CHAPTER 8 ———— PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Wherein I spoke of most disastrous chances: Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth ‘scapes i’ the Imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my Redemption thence and portance in My travels’ history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills Whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak—such was The process—. —OTHELLO Act I, scene iii Nearly everyone in the United States knows