Miss Lucy: Slave and Civil War Nurse

by Judith C Owens-Lalude

Overview

Lucy Higgs Nichols, a runaway slave, lives in several states as a child, but is never sold. At twenty-four she joins the 23rd Indiana Regiment and becomes a Civil War nurse. In 1898 Lucy receives a nurse's pension by a Special Act of Congress. When Lucy dies, in 1915, she is buried with full military honors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780984820337
Publisher:	J. Cammille Cultural Academy
Publication date:	09/28/2013
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.26(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Judith C. Owens-Lalude was the great-granddaughter of George Henry Pap Johnson, who was born in 1850 and enslaved with his mother, Clarissa. They lived on Ben Miller's 600-acre farm in North Central Kentucky, now less than an hour's drive from Louisville, Kentucky, where Owens-Lalude grew up and resided with her family. After listening to tales told by closest family's members about their ancestors, she yearned to know more. She visited the farm where her ancestors had been enslaved to photographed the outbuildings and grounds that were part of her ancestors world. Inspired to write a book, Owens-Lalude traveled to her husband's home, Nigeria. She wanted to know the impact of enslavement on other Africans and African Americans for a better understanding of the history of slavery in the Americas, especially in Nelson and Spencer Counties, Kentucky, where her family lived. She was also intrigued by the writings of Harry Smith and Henry Johnson, who were two enslaved men who lived in the same regions at the same time as Owens-Lalude's family. From these readings, research, recordings, travels, and a powerful imagination, Owens-Lalude wrote The Long Walk: Slavery to Freedom, a compelling novel.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1 Never Sold 1

2 Changing Owners 11

3 The Higgs' Estate 25

4 1862 33

5 Slave Catchers 43

6 Healing Hands 48

7 The Battles 57

8 After the War 71

9 The Men Spoke Out 79

10 Six Years Later 90

Discussion Questions 94

Suggested Reading 95

Acknowledgments 96

About the Author 99

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