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Newspaper Article
Love Stories That Transcend Bonds Of Slavery, Time
2005
Overview
James Smith's faith in God wasn't the \"puny, soft-fleshed\" type of those whose belief is the equivalent of a Sunday morning stroll, [Betty DeRamus] writes. Smith's faith was muscular enough to fortify him for two decades after he shambled away from his family in chains. Each night after his labors, the born-again Richmond area slave preached the gospel to fellow slaves, even after his master whipped him for it. Sold away from Fanny and his two children to a slave trader for refusing to stop worshiping with other bondsmen, Smith was purchased by a Georgia cotton grower who ordered his overseer to administer a 100-lash beating to discourage the slave's stubborn prayerfulness. Slavery was the nation's most wide-reaching and seismic tragedy. But our understanding of it often is limited. \"So-called slavery experiences are portrayed only in the bleakest of forms,\" DeRamus explains. \"Slavery was bleak -- but it was also one of the greatest lessons in survival. Escaping slaves and slave couples displayed extraordinary creativity and courage. . . .
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WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post
