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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation – Part 8
He spoke rarely of the Bertha Hood case except to insist to his children that he had been innocent, that he had simply been in…
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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation – Part 7
Roins, Hail said, his voice cold. You testified that you cared about Bertha Hood. Is that correct? Yes, sir. Would you say you were obsessed…
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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation – Part 6
And what if he gets off? What if some fancy lawyer gets him acquitted? Another man challenged. Then we deal with that when and if…
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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation – Part 5
Murders did happen in Appalachia, usually over moonshine, land disputes, or family feuds. But the killing of an innocent young girl was almost unheard of.…
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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation – Part 4
Every Sunday morning, they would dress in their best clothes, which weren’t much, but they were clean and pressed, and walk together down the dirt…
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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation – Part 3
And in that miraculous instant, the Oakidge plantation bore witness to something that in their brutal land and vicious error was much rarer than a…
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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation – Part 2
[clears throat] But when it came to Eliza, that was entirely different, and the situation only worsened when Mr. Charles Montgomery appeared again that morning,…
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The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation
The Farmer Fell in Love with the Daughter of the Oldest Enslaved Woman on the Plantation … He always found Eliza with her apron tied…
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The Mountain Man Accepted the Rejected Bride — Then Froze When Her Veil Fell – Part 9
But her story endures as a testament to the innocent victims of violence, to the failures of justice and to the heavy price of truth…
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The Mountain Man Accepted the Rejected Bride — Then Froze When Her Veil Fell – Part 8
I saw Bertha walking and I saw Roy talking to her. They were arguing, so I approached to make sure Bertha was okay. What happened…
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