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... Joanna P. Moore , and to the wives and mothers and sisters , now hap- pily numbered by the thousands , who are engaged in the work of the Fireside Schools . I. INTRODUCTION . The Negro Woman in American Life In 6 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT.
... Joanna P. Moore , and to the wives and mothers and sisters , now hap- pily numbered by the thousands , who are engaged in the work of the Fireside Schools . I. INTRODUCTION . The Negro Woman in American Life In 6 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT.
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... mother to repeat the Lord's Prayer and to trust God at all times . When in the course of the process of gradual emancipation in New York she became le- gally free in 1827 , her master refused to comply with the law . She left , but was ...
... mother to repeat the Lord's Prayer and to trust God at all times . When in the course of the process of gradual emancipation in New York she became le- gally free in 1827 , her master refused to comply with the law . She left , but was ...
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... mother of a large family , gathered in one year hundreds of thousands of bushels of white potatoes , surpassing all other growers in the world . Similarly was the success of E. C. Berry , a hotel - keeper of Athens , Ohio , due to his ...
... mother of a large family , gathered in one year hundreds of thousands of bushels of white potatoes , surpassing all other growers in the world . Similarly was the success of E. C. Berry , a hotel - keeper of Athens , Ohio , due to his ...
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... mother . While this sketch is drawn from various sources , I feel specially indebted to Sarah H. Bradford's " Harriet , the Moses of Her People . " This valuable work in turn includes a scholarly article taken from the " Boston ...
... mother . While this sketch is drawn from various sources , I feel specially indebted to Sarah H. Bradford's " Harriet , the Moses of Her People . " This valuable work in turn includes a scholarly article taken from the " Boston ...
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... mother and sent ten miles away to learn the trade of weaving . Among other things she was set to the task of watching muskrat traps , which work compelled her to wade much in water . Once she was forced to work when she was already ill ...
... mother and sent ten miles away to learn the trade of weaving . Among other things she was set to the task of watching muskrat traps , which work compelled her to wade much in water . Once she was forced to work when she was already ill ...
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