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... mother taken away . Shortly after the incident involving Cynthia , Brown was shocked to learn that his sister had ... mother screaming . Brown's separation from his mother was even more traumatic . Slavery as Brown experienced it did not ...
... mother taken away . Shortly after the incident involving Cynthia , Brown was shocked to learn that his sister had ... mother screaming . Brown's separation from his mother was even more traumatic . Slavery as Brown experienced it did not ...
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... mother's knee , the child William had heard stories about how his mother had carried him on her back to the fields when he was an infant and how she had been whipped for leaving her work to nurse him . Years later , Brown resolved he ...
... mother's knee , the child William had heard stories about how his mother had carried him on her back to the fields when he was an infant and how she had been whipped for leaving her work to nurse him . Years later , Brown resolved he ...
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... mother once more ; but fearing the wrath of his mother - in - law , he did not dare to gratify his inclination . He had not the slightest idea of what would become of them ; but he well knew that the old woman would have no mercy on ...
... mother once more ; but fearing the wrath of his mother - in - law , he did not dare to gratify his inclination . He had not the slightest idea of what would become of them ; but he well knew that the old woman would have no mercy on ...
Contents
Part I | 17 |
Part II | 42 |
Rage in the Fiction of Martin Delany | 79 |
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