History Makers

Margaret Garner (a.k.a. The Modern Medea)

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Margaret Garner (a.k.a. The Modern Medea)

Note:
“Determined not to return to slavery, Margaret decided to take the lives of herself and her children. When the marshals found Margaret in a back room, she had slit her two-year-old daughter’s throat with a butcher knife, killing her. The other children lay on the floor wounded but still alive.” Read More

Image Source:
Wikipedia

Subject:
Slavery - Historical Figures - Slave - History Maker - American - Medea - Fugitive Slave - Children

Date:
1867

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-SLAVHF-18

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