The Hazeley Family
An American Tale
Amelia E. Johnson
- This
- is
- a
- novel
- intended
- to
- portray
- a
- strong
- moral
- message,
- especially
- to
- the
- Baptist
- community
- of
- the
- time
- in
- America.
- The
- author
- Amelia
- Johnson
- was
- in
- fact
- a
- black
- woman,
- but
- she
- concealed
- this
- identity
- in
- the
- hope
- that
- this
- would
- give
- her
- a
- wider
- readership.
- The
- story
- concerns
- a
- girl
- called
- Flora,
- the
- only
- Hazeley
- daughter,
- who
- at
- the
- age
- of
- five
- goes
- to
- live
- with
- her
- Aunt,
- Mrs
- Graham,
- who
- intends
- to
- offer
- her
- a
- better
- life
- than
- her
- own
- mother,
- could
- or would.
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