Charlotte was a woman slave owned by Master Grimke in Charleston. She had a daughter whose name was Handful and happened to be her all. She always share story of her origin with Handful, telling her how people can fly in Africa. She follows her origin spiritual believes that they put their spirit in trees and one day when they about to fly back to Africa they take their spirit with them She was the seamstress for the entire Grimke's family, very hard working and a woman of no fear despite been a slave. She will work day and night to have work done when it require her to do so. She was the best seamstress in Charleston and thus her own takes pride in which will not make her be sold. She would make quilts in triangles and black colors because those were her favorite symbols.
She use to represent all her past and situations she had been through her entire life in quilts. Charlotte a smart slave always sneaked out from the house to go sew quilt for money so that she can buy her freedom as well as Handful. She had a man whose name is Denmark Vsesy, black slave who win the local lottery to buy his freedom and was carpenter as well. She most of the time steals from her master some of the things she used for her personal sewing. One of the time she was not fortunate and she was caught after Handful stool their missus dress for her. She was made to pay a prize for her misconduct.Her missus commanded Goodies to tie a leather to her ankle, pulled behind her and wound to the neck then buckled. She was that slave who had the ideal that you can buy her as a slave, but cannot never buy her mind. She went to market one time to buy material for the family and got in physical confrontation with one white woman after she refuse to clear the way for her to pass by. In attempt by the guards to arrest her she escaped. She disappeared and returned after sixteen years later. She came home with another daughter called Sky who happened to be Mr. Vesey's. Charlotte returned very old and had some of her teeth knocked out with a hammer because she tried to escape from where she was.
She was welcome home, spent some time with Handful and Sky. One day she went to the tree they had put their spirit in, she passes out and could not do anything. She stayed in that situation for while and then died. Her missus made arrangement for her to be burried
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