A Slave Girl's Story: Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. — John Shaqi
A Slave Girl's Story: Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold.Drumgoold, Kate
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A Slave Girl's Story: Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold.
Drumgoold, Kate
Drumgoold, Kate; Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
Mr. D. M. Wilson was a dear professor, whom we loved. Miss Caroline
Franklin was a lovely teacher and we all loved her. Miss C. Brackett was
one of the lovely teachers, and one whom every one of the other teachers
loved, for she was one of the finest readers that ever lived, let it be
man or woman. They used to have her read nearly every afternoon when the
school was out, and sometimes they would call to Professor Curtis to
read to the school. He was a very good reader, but Miss C. L. Franklin
was the grand trainer of the whole school. They had a grand reading
circle there at nights for the rich of the Ferry, and she was the one to
do the fine reading. All of the noble people of the place loved her and
she will ever be loved and remembered by all who knew her. She is now in
Washington, D. C., teaching, and the people have learned to love her as
we did. I do not think that any one could help loving her for her love
and fidelity to the race which she represents.
Miss C. L. Franklin's mother, who is a lovely woman whom we all love as
a mother, for she had many of the students at her house to board, like
Mrs. William Lovett, and she was so very kind to all of them that she
will be remembered by us all, for we love those in our school life that
would say a kind word to us. It was to help us along in our daily toil.
Mrs. Julia Robinson was one of the lovely ladies at the Ferry, also, and
all of the teachers boarded there. She has a number of the students that
board with her and she is much beloved.
Mrs. Bell was one of the ladies that kept boarders and she is much
beloved. Mr. W. M. Bell is one of the teachers and all love him as a
teacher.
Mr. J. Trinkle, who keeps one of the halls in the Summer time has a
number of boarders, and does well all of the Summer months and in the
Winter he teaches in or near the Ferry. With it all they are all doing
what they can to help to forward the interest or an education in all of
that section, and I really think that part of the country will show a
larger percentage of those that have been educated through the churches
than could have been taught in the public schools, for the terms are so
very short that it is hard for the people to get a start.
But God has wonderfully blessed the teachers that have been sent on
there from the North to look after the interests of the negroes. They
love the work of the school-room, and it is their meat and their drink
daily to give away what they have received. The Word says that it is
more blessed to give than to receive, and we are always ready to
receive from the hands of our earthly friends, and it is much greater to
receive from God.
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