
Elizabeth Keckley
The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast
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I Don't Get This!
Lizzie's brother beat her with a broom handle until even anna, who started this whole thing, fell to her knees and was weeping and begging him to stop. Lizzie said that she would die before she let these people conquer her. She wrote to her mother right after this whole series of incidents, mistress seems intent on laying me low. So that psychological abuse just went merrily along. I hardly expect to see a happy day this place. This is all happening right as mary lincoln was entering society, up at her sister's house by the way. So they ere both 18 years old, and oh, how their lives have taken different paths. Oh,
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