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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated (Real)
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. -
Patsy wrote in her book (Fiction)
Patsy wrote in her book for the first time, but if she was caught writing, she could be whipped. She didn't care because she believeed that her diary was her best friend. Patsy loved writing. She said that she didn't stammer when she was writing because she wasn't nervous. -
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The Written Diary
This book is about the hardships of being a slave. -
The Civil War Ends (Real)
The Civil War ended, and slaves were free. -
Nancy's mother came to take Nancy with her (Fiction)
Nancy's mother came to the Davis Hall Plantation to take Nancy with her, but Nancy refused. Nancy didn't recognize her own mother's face. She had been taken away when she was four years old. Nancy's mother had to leave the plantation without her daughter which devestated her. -
Cook left Davis Hall Plantation (Fiction)
Cook left the Davis Hall Plantation because she wanted to know that she was really free. She said that she would never know she was free until she left. Since slavery ended, Cook said the slave owners had no right to keep them away from freedom and in captivity. -
Patsy told Ruth her secret (Fiction)
While they were cleaning, Patsy read a book to Ruth to prove that she could read. She told Ruth that she could read and write. Ruth was suprised but overjoyed! Ruth told Patsy to teach Luke and her to read and write too. Then, they could all be in their own group. -
Sir comes back from Charleston without a teacher (Fiction)
Sir, the overseer came back from Charleston without a teacher. He actually went to Charleston to swear his loyalty to the government. Patsy was very disapointed but still did not lose hope. She still wanted a teacher no matter how long it would take. -
Patsy taught the children and became a teacher (Fiction)
Ruth nominated Patsy to be the teacher, and she was so excited! Patsy became the teacher for the black children and taught them in the spinning house. She taught them the whole alphabet, and she was so happy and proud! -
Reverend McNeal was ambushed by the Regulators (Real)
Reverend McNeal was ambushed by Regulators when he was traveling alone to a Union League meeting. Ruth and Patsy both cried because Reverand would have to stay in Baltimore and wouldn't be able to come to their meetings anymore. -
A man named John claimed to be Ruth's husband (Fiction)
A man named John said that he was Ruth's husband and Luke's father, and that proved to be true. They all had a happy reunion in the cottage. John said that he has come to take them away. Patsy was sad that they were going, but she was happy that Ruth and Luke found their family. -
Ruth's family left the Davis Hall Plantation (Fiction)
Ruth's family left the plantation. Ruth and John were going to get married by law, and then they would travel to Charleston. This was a bittersweet moment for Patsy mixed with the feeling of happiness for the family and the sadness of seeing them go. -
Sir was buried (Fiction)
Sir died in the morning. When Sir was buried, everyone came to say goodbye. He was buried in the family cementary on Davis Hall. Everyone was crying especially Patsy. -
The government was returning land to former slave owners (Real)
The government was telling the world that they would return the land to former slave owners. Miss Sarah was overjoyed to hear that she would get her land back. -
Nancy went to visit her mother in the Yankee Regiment (Fiction)
Nancy shocked everyone and asked Sir Douglass if her mother was still in the Yankee Regiment. She then left to find her mother to say sorry for pushing her away when she was supposed to go with her. Nancy then told her mother that she would visit a much as possible. -
Books arrived at the Davis Hall Plantation for the School (Fiction)
Books came for the Plantation School. Patsy taught the children the new books. Nancy even wanted Patsy to teach her although they weren't friends. -
Patsy changed her name to Phillis (Fiction)
Patsy named herself Phillis after the author Phillis Wheatly. She thought that she was a lot like Phillis because she was also taken away from her mother and father and also loved to write and read. That's why she wanted her name to be Phillis. -
Emancipaction Day Celebration (Real)
Emancipation Day was celebrated by the blacks because this was the day Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation that freed all slaves from their white bondage. -
Patsy says her last name is now Frederick (Fiction)
Patsy changes her last name to Frederick after the man named Frederick Douglass. He taught himself to read and write in secret! Patsy thought that she also had a lot in common with him too.
