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A Scandalized Virgin and a Child at Minerva's Gate
Frances Boyd Calhoun chronicles a scene where a boy named William Green Hill arrives at Miss Minerva’s home. The exchange reveals race, slavery era tensions, and a stern aunt planning a strict, orderly upbringing while the child longs for his former life with Aunt Cindy and Wilkes Booth Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva
Sam Lamb
William
Billy
William Green Hill
Jimmy-Jawed
Jup’ter
Cindy
Oman
Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Jup'ter
Hustan
Wilkes Booth Lincoln
Teller
Blue Gum
Misa Minerva
Hem
Aller Ole Amit
Bhee-Ogum
Guy
Nusa
Mount Sinai Tabernacle
Blue- Gum Tempy
Peruny Penrilhe
Thessalonians
Peruny Pearline
Gettysburg
Israel
Shacklefoot
Decimus
Allence
Willian
Nam
Ham
Blue Gum Tempy
Jup'te
Terignus
Ogphire
Prlferk Peter
Piljerk Peter