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A Woman to Know: Clara Brown

A Woman to Know: Clara Brown

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Julia Carpenter
Apr 07, 2017
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I go always where Jesus calls me, honey. — Clara Brown

(image via Colorado Virtual Library)


When she was just 18, Clara Brown saw her family torn apart. As an teenage mother in slavery, she watched as her husband, her son and her three daughters were sold on a Kentucky auction block. She remained a domestic servant to her new master, George Brown -- but …

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