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Freedom Dream on a Winter Night on Colonel Partidge’s Plantation
Aunt Hessa and Noah refuse to stay enslaved after Lincoln’s emancipation and plan to move north, but the Partidges vow to support them. In the end the couple chooses to remain on the plantation, aided by the colonel’s gifts, finding a home and dignity beside their former masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Hessa
Neal
Noah
Hessa
Munney
Kerridge
Hess
de Kunnel
Colonel Partidge
Lincoln
Purtidge
Sand Hessa
Hesen
Richard
Mrs. Partidge
Efessa
Ricaard
Blythe
Catherine
Tiesta
Hesan
Mpa
Pirridge
Essa
Colonel Turtidge
Marge
Kunnel
Marie Linkum
Hesse
Partidge
Theasa
Luke
Mister
Mistress
Thysan
Noal
Tessa
Marie Nunnel
Marie Abe Linkum
Tressa