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Doc Quinn

“…pounding through the woods…”

Narratives of Gill Ruffin and Henry Green.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 263.

“…a loaf of light bread…”

Narrative of Walter Rimm.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 248.

Walter Rimm

“…gathering wild blackberries…”

Narrative of Ida May Fluker.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 323.

Ida May Fluker

“…a bear stealing corn…”

Narrative of Doc Quinn.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 2, Numerous States, p. 19.

Doc Quinn

“…began using soot instead…”

Narrative of Marion Johnson.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 116.

Marion Johnson

“…soap for her clothes…”

Narrative of Zenia Culp.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 68.

Zenia Culp

“…beat them with tree branches…”

Narrative of Mary Island. The narratives have many accounts of the “battling stick”—Anarcha would not have had one in the woods, but she would have washed clothes the same way.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 389.

Mary Island

“…wool that she picked off a sheep she found dead…”

Narrative of Martha Patton.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 174.

Martha Patton

“…skunk and crow and hawk…”

Narrative of Jeff Calhoun.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 188.

Jeff Calhoun

“…all the meat he could find or steal…”

See “…a story about Raw Head and Bloody Bones,” above.

“…the wildmen of the woods.”

See “…wild like wildmen…” above.

“…just to show other white doctors…”

See “…regardless of whether a patient was willing,” above.

“…the misery that had begun to gather…”

As with Asrebeb, in the “Joy Village” section of the afterword of this book, foot drop is a common comorbidity of obstetric fistula. Sims did not specify that any of the women in his initial group of experimental subjects suffered from dropsy but it’s highly likely, particularly given the severity of Anarcha’s injury.