Tag: slavery
member name: ChrisJerri S.
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June 15, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
Sally had helped Mr. John's family on numerous occasions. She had adored his first wife, God rest her soul. His new wife had proven to be quite lazy. So, when he pleaded for Sally's . . .
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April 02, 2008 12:21 PM EDT --
A life in the public eye is celebrated with magnification of every victory or every fault. But what of the billions of lives lived out in a seemingly mundane existence. How do we celebrate those? . . .
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September 02, 2008 01:04 PM EDT --
This is a rewrite.
History Mystery
(Will the Real Sally Barnes Please Stand Up?)
By Jerri Schlenker
In February 2008 I began exploring the life of a Lewis County citizen. Was . . .
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February 21, 2008 09:31 AM EST --
I haven't written anything on Gather for several days. I just read "Charming Gardeners" by Maya W., which prompted me to write a little something. This is a little something about . . .
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June 21, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
The more I discover about Sally's life, the more I admire it and want to emulate it in certain respects. One thing that I aspire to is the self-sufficiency. I think this aspect . . .
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June 20, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
I was recently privileged to find another person who had done some research into Sally's life. He had thought so highly of "Miss Sally" as he called her that he worked her . . .
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March 29, 2008 03:37 PM EDT --
I have been neglecting usual activity as of late consumed with making events of the past reappear, or at least some record of them. My newest hobby, genealogy, has taken over. I have stacks . . .
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June 11, 2008 09:49 PM EDT --
(A section out of Sally's story)
Before Sally's existence the groundwork was possibly being laid for her life. It was definitely being laid for a mixture of inhabitants who . . .
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November 01, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/441070 (If anyone would like to join me as a buddy)
Sally, A Historical Fiction
Sally had heard the stories all her life. The grown-ups talked about . . .
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December 03, 2008 08:00 PM EST --
How Free was Sally
This is a section out of my exploration of Sally, a lady I met once when young. She was born 1858 into slavery. She lived until 1969.
Sally, An Exploration . . .
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August 29, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
Today as I was taking my daily hike in the woods I listened to the Diane Rehm show on NPR. Beverly Lowry, an author, was being interviewed about a biography she had written on Harriet Tubman, . . .
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November 30, 2008 05:47 PM EST --
Introduction to Sally
I’ve been working on the NaNoWrite Month - not sure if I’m going to make the 50,000 word deadline yet, but this is my introduction. The story is about a lady . . .
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