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My Early Childhood Memories: Part Three, by
Sarah Hinton Gourley
Amelia Hinds took me to my first school [1857]. The school was in a small white house. It was a [Read more]
MyEarly Childhood Memories: Part Four, by
Sarah Hinton Gourley
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For thirty-six years he lived quietly on a small homestead which was located atop a wooded hill at the end of Branciforte Drive in the Vine Hill district. When he died in 1893 he was a wizened old man bent low with age, sporting a balding pate and grizzled ..." [More]
Excerpted from Uncle Dave's Story: The Life of Ex-Slave Dave Boffman by Phil Reader
