Project Gutenberg 2006-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 146 Thompson, L. S. (Lucy S.) 1813 1881 Thompson, Lucy S. Thompson, Susan Schuyler, Lucy S. Proper, Lucy Susan Proper, Lucy Susanna Propper, Lucy S. Prophet, Lucy S. Roker, Lucy Susan The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery Reading ease score: 69.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Story of Mattie J. Jackson" by L. S. Thompson is a poignant autobiography chronicling Mattie J. Jackson's life as an enslaved person in America, written in the post-Civil War era during the late 19th century. This book serves as a harrowing account of her parentage, the brutal realities of slavery, and her eventual escape to freedom. Through her personal narrative, the book highlights the struggles, hopes, and resilience of those who endured the dehumanizing conditions of slavery, aiming to garner empathy and support for the newly freed individuals seeking education and a better life. In the book, Mattie narrates her experiences from her ancestry, tracing her family's history of being captured from Africa, to her life under oppressive masters and the trials faced by her parents. She recounts significant events such as her father's escape and her mother’s numerous attempts to flee with her children, only to face immense hardships and the cruelty of slaveholders. Ultimately, Mattie's tale unfolds her successful escape from bondage, her awakening to the joys of freedom, and her growth as an individual determined to pursue education and uplift her community. The narrative emphasizes the enduring spirit of those who suffered under slavery, alongside a call for the support of a society in the process of rebuilding from its tumultuous past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Enslaved persons' writings, American Enslaved persons -- Missouri -- Biography Jackson, Mattie J. E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 106455 106456 2024-10-08T05:05:26.269902 2023-09-08T07:21:09.123753 text/html text/html 103981 2006-02-25T08:23:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 37597 2006-02-25T08:24:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 116221 2024-10-08T05:05:32.473888 application/epub+zip 115668 2024-10-08T05:05:29.435929 application/epub+zip 102664 2024-10-08T05:05:28.176914 application/epub+zip 233307 2024-10-08T05:05:34.716810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223855 2024-10-08T05:05:31.675797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122040 2022-09-08T13:13:44.230388 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 89192 89086 2024-10-08T05:05:25.489845 2023-09-08T07:21:08.845716 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 89164 2006-02-25T08:23:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34333 2006-02-25T08:24:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20825 2024-10-08T05:05:34.843788 application/rdf+xml 13307 2024-10-08T05:05:28.729823 image/jpeg 3277 2024-10-08T05:05:28.452867 image/jpeg 111740 2024-10-08T05:05:26.279971 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog