Identifier: storyoflittlebla1903bann (find matches)
Title: The story of Little Black Sambo
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Bannerman, Helen, 1862-1946 Neill, John R. (John Rea), ill
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : The Reilly and Britton Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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1 o p s y Miss Ophelia could bring to bear failed tomake the child own that she ever had amother or had ever been born. Have you ever heard about God,Topsy? asked Miss Ophelia, but thechild had no answer. She didnt knowwhat the good lady meant. *Do you know who made you? Nobody, as 1 know on, replied thechild; I spect I jest growed. The poor child knew nothing but howto fetch water, wash dishes and rubknives, so she told Miss Ophelia, and 48 1 o p s y afterward, when caught stealing, shedidnt even know it was wrong to steal.When compelled to confess, she told ofstealing things that she never stole at all,explaining that Missis told me to fessand I couldnt think o no thin else tofess. So she told of stealing earringsand burning them up, when, as a matter offact, little Eva St. Clare had them in herears at the time. There was something in the black childthat touched the kindly heart of little Eva,who, though but a child herself, had, by 49 reason of long illness, grown old beyondher yea

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