This essay aims to show how the influx of refugees from the Haitian Revolution into the United States was a factor in changing US policies as they related to the practice of human bondage.
An advocate with MomBiz Boss and a mother of children who experience developmental and mental health challenges. She speaks about being a mother of color and the experiences of raising children with both visible and invisible disabilities.
Electa writes to her sister-in-law Sarah about how much she misses Sarah and their family. She also writes about the clothing she owns, and what is owned by a woman she knows in town.
Electa thanks Sarah for the dress pattern, and briefly discusses their family. George writes about the District Court, the weather, buying a farm in Massachusetts, and the injury of an acquaintance.
Letters six and seven are written on the same piece of paper. Letter six is from Electa C. Cook and letter seven is from George W. Cook. Both are to Sarah E. Cook.
