Jacob Lawrence, "The Life of Harriet Tubman No. 11" (1940)

Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Harriet Tubman No. 11. "$500 Reward! Runaway from subscriber on Thursday night, the 4th inst., from the neighborhood of Cambridge, my negro girl, Harriet, sometimes called Minty. Is dark chestnut color, rather stout build, but bright and handsome. Speaks rather deep and has a scar over the left temple. She work a brown plaid shawl. I will give the above reward captured outside the county, and $300 if captured inside the county, in either case to be lodged in the Cambridge, Maryland, jail. (Signed) George Carter, Broadacres, near Cambridge, Maryland, September 24th, 1849" (1940)

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Blogs September, 2005

September 30, 2005: Flash!
September 29, 2005: Strange girl.
September 28, 2005: Why do you think of her now?
September 27, 2005: Sits by herself on a tuft of grass...
September 26, 2005: But then you think, you know...
September 25, 2005: Worry for a friend.
September 24, 2005: Naturally, she failed.
September 23, 2005: "I chose him because he was the man who was the most unlike you that I could find."
September 22, 2005: Your grandfather's watch.
September 21, 2005: Regrets.
September 20, 2005: It looks like the crows have a good life here.
September 19, 2005: I gave her more than love...
September 18, 2005: We are all messages.
September 17, 2005: We went to Nevada City for the weekend...
September 16, 2005: "A murder-suicide pact..."
September 15, 2005: Her father was a tycoon.
September 14, 2005: Shock over seeing her name.
September 13, 2005: Long-haired man, small, strong, vibrant gecko tattoo climbing one arm.
September 12, 2005: Journals from before we met.
September 11, 2005: I hate to write anymore.
September 10, 2005: "If she'd had more of a spine she'd have been a fine lawyer."
September 9, 2005: "It's kinda strange and stuff too."
September 8, 2005: Fist.
September 7, 2005: Unsettled feelings.
September 6, 2005: Then what it changed.
September 5, 2005: That it was always false...
September 4, 2005: It began with abuse of invisibility.
September 3, 2005: You were right to break up with her.
September 2, 2005: For her I gave up the thing I loved most.
September 1, 2005: I bought her yoghurt for her yeast infection.

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