She looked older and more developed than the rest of the children. He told them to report to the slave master. Two of the boys looked old enough to work. James looked down from his horse at the children. He told the ones in the water to come out and for all of them to come and stand before him. Twelve was just about the age that they would have to start working on the crops or at the house or other chores. It looked like their ages started at about four and went up to maybe eighteen or so. When he rode past one of the ponds on the property he spotted many nigger young ones swimming. One day James was riding around the plantation looking for any repairs that needed to be done and seeing how the crops were growing. She was trying to protect her only daughter. Her mother did not want her to bring anyone’s attention.

When she got old enough to start to be of sexual interest to both black and white men and boys, she was dressed in baggy loose clothes and her hair was never combed.

The family consisted of James, his wife Mary, his eighteen year old son Jonathan and his daughter Bessie.Īnisha’s mother tried to keep her out of sight as much as possible. The Brandywine plantation was one of the largest in the state and James was a very influential farmer and merchant. It was a large cotton plantation with many slaves to work the fields and serve James and his family of four in the big manor house. She had been born and was being raised on the plantation of James Brandywine.

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