Category Archives: believing

patience boston

Wickedness- Patience, when recalling her early life, seems to have a concept of herself an innately wicked: despite the good efforts of her parents, she would “play on the Sabbath, tell lies, and do other Wickedness” (120).  Although her mistress … Continue reading

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esther rodgers

Believing- Esther Rogers is told before her execution that if she believes in Jesus, she will be saved, which interestingly removes her from the whole dilemma of crime and punishment and places her problem in the larger realm of religion. … Continue reading

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