England

Sarah/Sally Forbes Bonetta Davies witnessed the brutal murder of her family during a slave hunt when she was very young, and later given to Queen Victoria as a gift. She was liberated by the queen and was called her goddaughter She was initially given out of a tradition of giving enslaved or “apprentice” children to serve the recipient (similar to Mary Prince with her first mistress), but her relationship with the queen and respect given to Sally by her set an example for the country as in the new era of the abolition of slavery in 1833.

Buford, Georgia

Buford, Georgia is a small city with a population of a little over 15,000. Founded in 1872, the city has a railroad track that connects Charlotte, NC, with Atlanta, and was known for its leather exports from Bona Allen company. Buford also has its own school district for Buford City schools, which is located close to historic Buford. 

“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it." -Dumbledore

Completing our research has left us with a more complex picture of the power of women’s voices and of feminism as a whole. In regards to the complexities of women’s voices, we noticed that it wasn’t exactly right to think of women, as a collective, fighting for a common goal, because humans are very complex so their thinking is also inherently complex.

Maryland-1801

During the year 1801 an article was published in an American magazine telling the story of a woman in Maryland.  This article, published in the American Magazine of Wonders & Marvelous Chronicles gives account of a “Negro Woman Who Became White.”  Despite the title, the article discusses this woman, who’s identity remains unknown (apart from the identification of her employer to whom she was a kitchen-maid, Colonel Barnes of Maryland), as a black woman who appears white,

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