Learn about the life of Margaret Garner. Read an excerpt from a newspaper account of Margaret Garner's arrest.
What point of view is the newspaper account written from? Is there a reason why a newspaper would use that point of view?
Newspaper Account: Arrest of Fugitive Slaves: A Slave Mother Murders Her Child Rather Than See It Returned to Slavery
In the house were found four adults, vis: old Simon and his wife, and young Simon and his wife and four children of the latter, the oldest near six years and the youngest a babe of about nine months. One of these, however, was lying on the floor dying, its head cut almost entirely off. There was also a gash about for inches long in the head of the eldest and a wound on the head of the other boy.
Source: Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio), 02 Feb. 1856. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.