The Longest Memory'A gripping lyric exploration of the life of Whitechapel, a slave on an 18th century Virginia plantation a brilliant and beautiful achievement.' Independent on Sunday Written in taut, poetic language, THE LONGEST MEMORY is set on a Virginian plantation in the 19th century, and tells the tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules in learning to read and write, in falling in love with a white girl, the