... to raise the six children on her own so she sent them away to live with relatives and various neighbors. Deborah was first sent to live with her mother's cousin, Miss. Fuller. At the Fuller house Deborah was content learning the alphabet and reading. Three years after Deborah arrived at the Fuller house ... Miss. Fuller became ill. Only three short days later, Miss. Fuller died, leaving Deborah with no where to go. An eighty year old women named Mrs. Thatcher was willing to take Deborah in, but there were many jobs to be ... with a musket ball in the thigh. Deborah received this wound...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School