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Nair Woman Credits Faith For Second Century Of Life
An aged woman at McNair recounts a life rooted in faith and memory of plantation slavery. She recalls her birth date vague, schooling by Mrs Martha Jewel Ma, and a long marriage on a sharecropping plantation. She cherishes family, home duties, and resilience through Civil War era hardship.
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Robert Durie
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Caroline
Martha Jewel
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