Collection: Story of my life: or, The sunshine and shadow of seventy years, by Mary A. Livermore ... with hitherto unrecorded incidents and recollections of three years' experience as an army nurse in the great Civil War, and reminiscences of twenty-five years' experiences on the lecture platform ... to which is added six of her most popular lectures ... with portraits and one hundred and twenty engravings from designs by eminent artists ... - Umbra Search Results Search African American History

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A mother's anguish

1. A mother's anguish

Keywords:

African American Mothers; African Americans; Relocation; Slave Traders; Slaver

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A plantation "corn-shucking"-social meetings of slaves

2. A plantation "corn-shucking"-social meetings of slaves

Keywords:

Corn Husking; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States

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3. Aunt Aggy

Keywords:

African American Women; African Americans; Women

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Brotherly encouragement

4. Brotherly encouragement

Keywords:

African American Orators; African Americans; Slaver; Slavery; United States

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Bryson, the grim-visaged plantation overseer

5. Bryson, the grim-visaged plantation overseer

Keywords:

Plantation Workers; Slaveholders; Slaver; United States

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Giving the bridal couple a good send-off

6. Giving the bridal couple a good send-off

Keywords:

African American Musicians; African Americans; Farewells; Slaver; Slaves; Weddings

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Plantation slave singers; All clapped hand in unison, until the air quivered with melody

7. Plantation slave singers; All clapped hand in unison, until the air quivered with melody

Keywords:

African American Singers; African Americans; Slaver; Slaves

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The broomstick wedding

8. The broomstick wedding

Keywords:

Brooms & Brushes; Slaver; Slavery; United States; Weddings

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The brutal whipping of Matt

9. The brutal whipping of Matt

Keywords:

African Americans; Punishment & Torture; Slaver; Slavery; United States; Whipping

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The ill-favored slave-trader

10. The ill-favored slave-trader

Keywords:

Slave Traders; Slaver

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The story of my life or the sunshine and shadow of seventy years; By Mary A. Livermore; Teacher, author, wife, mother, army nurse, soldier's friend, lecturer, and reformer; A narrative of her early life and struggles for education, three years' experiences on a southern plantation among white masters and black slaves, her courtship, marriage, domestic life, etc. [Title page]

11. The story of my life or the sunshine and shadow of seventy years; By Mary A. Livermore; Teacher, author, wife, mother, army nurse, soldier's friend, lecturer, and reformer; A narrative of her early life and struggles for education, three years' experiences on a southern plantation among white masters and black slaves, her courtship, marriage, domestic life, etc. [Title page]

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Uncle Aaron's advice from the pulpit

12. Uncle Aaron's advice from the pulpit

Keywords:

African American Men; African Americans; Preachers

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Uncle Aaron, the preacher

13. Uncle Aaron, the preacher

Keywords:

African American Men; African Americans; Preachers

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Urging Matt to fly to freedom

14. Urging Matt to fly to freedom

Keywords:

Pleading (Begging); Runaways; Slaver; Slavery; United States

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