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Transcript: UH 353 - Narratives of an American Life Later years Highlighting the key milestones that shaped her formative years. Early Adulthood 1801 1810 1830's 1851 1819 Highlighting some of the major events that made up her early adult life. - Great Wagon Road - Cole children - Spirituals Walk together children, Don't you get weary, Walk together children, Don't you get weary. Oh, talk together children, Don't you get weary There's a great camp meeting' in the promised land Sing together children, Don't you get weary, Sing together children, Don't you get weary. Oh, shout together children, Don't you get weary, There's a great camp meeting in the Promised Land. Gwineter mourn and never tire, Mourn and never tire, Mourn and never tire. There's a great camp meeting in the Promised Land. Oh, get you ready children, Don't you get weary, Get you ready children, Don't you get weary. We'll enter there, oh, children, Don't you get weary, There's a great camp meeting in the Promised Land. Another move, this time to Tuscaloosa County. Susanna is 79 Childhood and Early Years In the same calendar year, the Cole's have their 11th child, while also losing their 10 year old. The end of our story. Susanna had gained respect in the Cole family and did not live the end of her life isolated. She left behind one grandchild. - Littleton's marriage and kids - William's sickness I know moon-rise, I know star-rise, Lay dis body down. I walk in de moonlight, I walk in de starlight, To lay dis body down. I’ll walk in de graveyard, I’ll walk through de graveyard, To lay dis body down. Ill lay in de grave and stretch out my arms; Lay dis body down. I go to de judgement in de evenin’ of de day, When I lay dis body down And my soul and your soul will meet in de day When I lay dis body down. Highlighting the key milestones that shaped her formative years. 1760 1765 1768 1781 1788 Susanna's son Bill is born the same year as William B. Cole. Susanna plays a major role in raising William along with her son Bill. Susanna moves to more indoor labor. This allows her to more frequently interact with her mother and have their bond deepen as Mary teaches Susanna new skills and Susanna learns some of her own. After another misscariage, Susanna carries her third child to term. Her relationship with the Coles is strained as they continue to commodify her reproduction. Susanna's mother, Mary, passes away. This is a hard time in Susanna's life as she has now lost a connection she had always known. Separation. William's father passes away and Susanna's family is torn apart. Many of her children remain with different branches of the Cole family. She and Bill are given to William. 1740 1743 1748 1753 1757-1759 Susanna is born on a Virginia plantation owned by an elderly man named Cornelius Jackson. She is the youngest of four children. Her sister Dinah is 10, her brother Sam is 8, and her sister Abigail is 7. Cornelius Jackson dies, and his property is ordered to be divided and sold. She is sold alongside her mother, and she is separated from her three siblings. By thirteen, Susanna is learning the ins and outs of fieldwork on the Coles' plantation. Susanna has her first child, a baby girl. She is fathered by Tom, Susanna's lover she has met on the plantation. In 1758, she has a son the year later. In 1759, Susanna miscarries her third child. At 3 years old, Susanna is following Dinah around. Even though she is only 13, she's been tasked with looking after her siblings while her mother works in the field. Noah Ellis, Hannah Parham, Oscar Haughey Conclusion and Reflection on Life's Journey This slide encapsulates the essence of her life, highlighting the milestones that have defined her journey. It reflects on the lessons learned through challenges and triumphs, emphasizing the profound impact she has made on those around her and the legacy she continues to inspire. Creative Elements Highlighting the significant contributions and the lasting influence of a woman's life.