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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