Tuesday, 20 September 2011

The Moon Light True Story

written by Harris Tobias FOUR hooded klansmen dragged the screaming women out of her The leader motioned for the others to bind her wrists. The year was 1949 and the place was a lonely spot a mile from the small town of Doyline, lousiana .Her crime was.....Well, there was no crime, not really. unless being old, back and eccentric constituted criminal behavior Apparently in the jim crow south at that time , it did .... .... Mama Ju was an old black woman superstitious to a fault, given to herbs and spells and conjurin, her potions cured the sick and brought peace to the lovelorn. her acts aroused the fears, or were they jealousies , of her white neighbors who thought of her as a witch. Three hundred years after the hysteria at salem, things hadn,t changed all that much Being accused a witch in the rural south in 1949 brought out the same fear born of ignorance that burned those poor souls so long ago. As always, the klan was there to help. people called her a witch , but what did that mean? people say all kinds of stuff, that doesn,t make them true..... continued.......... if u like this story and wants to lean more then please send me your comments thanku                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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