Monday, June 1, 2015

Addy Walker, American Girl

The role of black dolls in American culture.



From the cover of Meet Addy.
The Paris Review

The Paris Review

May 28, 2015 | by 
In 1864, a nine-year-old slave girl was punished for daydreaming. Distracted by rumors that her brother and father would be sold, she failed to remove worms from the tobacco leaves she was picking. The overseer didn’t whip her. Instead, he pried her mouth open, stuffed a worm inside, and forced her to eat it.