- Lucy
- Stayed in jail for 17 months
- she won her freedom
- became an expert seamstress
- 1845 married Fredrick Turner, but he died in an explosion
- 4 years later married Zachariah Delaney
- They had for child all who died
- her two girls died while they were still young
- her daughter died when she was 22
- and her son died when he was 24
- all died free though...
- she became the president of the first colored society "Female Union"
- Polly (Lucy's Mother)
- Sued Mr. D.D. Mitchell for Lucy in 1842 September 8th
- she fought for her child
- became the first-class laundress
- her mother died, but was able to see her race made free
- Nancy
- had a nice home
- married a prosperous farmer who owned the farm they lived on and some property in the city
- Mr. Mitchell
- Didn't believe in slavery but didn't want to see Lucy free
- Mr. Murdock
- Lucy's Lawyer
- Judge Bate
- Named Edward bates born September 1793
- ran with Abraham lincoln but dropped out
- his mother was his influence
- emigrated to Missouri in1841
- was quaker decent
- became an anti-slavery mans
Symbols or traditions--rituals:
- Freedom=Birthright
- Suing for freedom- we still do that today
- being born free if the mother is free... children follows the condition of the mother
- Lucy's Mother
- "...old people are like old tree, uproot them, and transplant to other scenes, they droop and die, no matter how bright the sunshine, or how balmy the breezes"
Discuss how the characters respond to their communities and/or change in their environment. What is the main character's flaw?
- The characters responded to their environment pretty well, I guess the biggest flaw that Lucy had towards the beginning was having little to no faith in her situation, but how could you blame her she was still a child at mind and didn't understand or know what was going on.
Setting - country, tribe, city, state, time period:
- St. Louis 1840-18--
Bring a question.
Will African Americans ever truly be free? Are we free know or is it just an illusion?
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