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Millie-Christine: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
The idea of interviewing slaves about their experiences dates to the 1760s, when abolitionists first began to publish slave narratives as a way to educate the public to the horrors of slavery. From 1929 to 1932, the social sciences department at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, sponsored a project to gather more interviews. In 1934, one of the Fisk project workers...more
Paperback, 284 pages
Published
February 1st 2000
by John F. Blair Publisher
(first published June 1999)
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23. Millie-Christine Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Joanne Martell - This is a biography about a famous pair of conjoined twins who were born in the US south as slaves in 1851 and throughout their lives became famous not only for their unusual body, but for becoming fluent in 5 languages, talented singers, and accomplished musicians. They were joined at the backside at the sacrum, but were nearly completely separate (similar to how Daisy and Violet Hilton were joined). Most interestingly, the...more
OK, I know, a second Siamese Twin book in a month. I'm sure I picked it up because it was recommended to people who read the story of the Hilton Sisters. This was another fascinating biography - these twins were black, born into slavery, kidnapped, taken to England, where their owner (with their mother) retrieved them...and took them back to the US, despite the urging of the British.
Like the Hilton sisters, Millie-Christine performed as a traveling entertainer, and worked with PT Barnum (and, i...more
Like the Hilton sisters, Millie-Christine performed as a traveling entertainer, and worked with PT Barnum (and, i...more
Story of Siamese twins born into slavery and their life performing on the road. They were highly intellligent-could speak five languages, beautiful, talented and generous to the causes they believed in.
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