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... gave herself un- tiringly to the work to which she felt called . In 1864 she ministered to a group of people at Helena , Arkansas . In 1868 she went to Lauderdale , Mississippi , to help the Friends in an orphan asylum . While she was ...
... gave herself un- tiringly to the work to which she felt called . In 1864 she ministered to a group of people at Helena , Arkansas . In 1868 she went to Lauderdale , Mississippi , to help the Friends in an orphan asylum . While she was ...
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... gave her lodging . Afterwards she went to New York City , joined a Methodist church , and worked hard to improve her condition . Later , having decided to leave New York for a lecture tour through the East , she made a small bundle of ...
... gave her lodging . Afterwards she went to New York City , joined a Methodist church , and worked hard to improve her condition . Later , having decided to leave New York for a lecture tour through the East , she made a small bundle of ...
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... gave several examples . One of the outstanding instances was in the story of Junius G. Groves , famous potato grower of Edwardsville , Kansas . This man moved from his original home in Kentucky to Kansas at the time of the well - known ...
... gave several examples . One of the outstanding instances was in the story of Junius G. Groves , famous potato grower of Edwardsville , Kansas . This man moved from his original home in Kentucky to Kansas at the time of the well - known ...
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... gave her the firm constitution necessary for the trials and hardships that were before her . Sometimes she worked for her father , who was a timber inspector and superintended the cutting and hauling of large quantities of timber for ...
... gave her the firm constitution necessary for the trials and hardships that were before her . Sometimes she worked for her father , who was a timber inspector and superintended the cutting and hauling of large quantities of timber for ...
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... gave her thought to what was to be the great work of her life . It was not long after her marriage that Harriet began seriously to consider the mat- ter of escape from bondage . Already in her mind her people were the Israelites in the ...
... gave her thought to what was to be the great work of her life . It was not long after her marriage that Harriet began seriously to consider the mat- ter of escape from bondage . Already in her mind her people were the Israelites in the ...
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