it
\\' men have played a major
histon 01 role in th life 0
B! k merica and 0 our
nauon as a hole. In this
nes, sho the SIren th.
determination, creativit;
and coura e of the 'ordin
ary" bloc. woman---our
unsun heroines, from
ce, mon.Y bel' ,has
prun our backbone.
Th chan that an y
IOn and her family ex
enced as a result oj
Emancipation are clearly
(Old h re by her son.
of Henry
e ... he as a la
married to a & •
imon ... and died leav-
in three cnildreri, viz.
Henrietta and
. fter her death. he
m mother. ho as
lave. and his children's
; her name is ancy
on .... By my mother he
h d three children also. viz.
chibald. hich· my
name, and Francis and
John. He died abou fifteen
ears o, leavin my
mother 'th t 0 children
d in a pregnant tate. for
John as born t
fter h died. in t
. poor m th r-a e-
ensel oman. crippled in
one arm, ith no one [0
care for h r in the orld. for
r. G. did no 0 as his
father commanded. and
three mall children to pro
vide for, was thrown upon
the uncharitab orld ... By
dint of hard labor orking
her fingernails to the very
quic he epl us from per
ishing b hunger and on
som blea Dec. day from
the cold and sat b and
hen e ere
e continued
until 1860 hen r. E. .
Grim e married a second
time, his first wife havin
died four ears previous to
this period. and he wanted a
boy to wait on him hi in
formed m mother th he
anted me and that she
should send m to his house.
His mandate was irresisti
b e: it as a severe shoe to
my mother .... But this as
only the beginning of her
rro this he epl on un-
til he as rendered childl
... he thou ht of no one but
her sons. ho ere groaning
from th erity 0 their
hard tas masters. and hen
h remonstrated at their
r
rganizati n for young P pi
n formed in th B nton H rb r
n ighb rh d and n ti
tinu d.
rri n-
h
of
and
, The
ed f r
donat d
orth hile on
r. orri
virtue sh uld be practi d
i ntously fr m very early
to prep re on for the re pon lbilit-
Our mi . n of true omanh d
i to b ife, mother . ter, or daugh-
ter brin ing honor to hom , chur h
unju t treatrn nt \\
throv n into loath me II
and .ept there for i, av
eanng nothing uring her
t y th reo unul at I t
icxn pro trated her to
th ungeon: then he as
ompelled to rerno e her b.
the e. pr request of the
Ph. ician. I afterwards fled
[sic} from my oppressor;
Fran attempted to escape
but as retaken and sold.
my little bro. was next taken
a ay ... At last it slavery)
received its death bIo it
as buried in the grave of
dishonor never more to
smite the land with a curse
and Freedom as proclaim
ed to all men; and again the
disjointed members of our
little family ere united and
the quietude of the fireside
returned.
e. Questions:
I. What are three main is
sues raised in this article?
2. hat does this article
su _ t about our life situa
tion toda; ?
3. Ho many rds did
. ou look up in the diction
ary? (If do not use a dic
tionary daily, and for every
\ ord hose fult meanin
mao not know, annot
ero indi idually and assure
the best u ot our Ii ources
l r roup freedom and a
iter America.)
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b included if w r cei it typed or neatly written no later than
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