Patience, Ambrose

The law was clear enough: children born into slavery after July 4th, 1799 would be free by young adulthood. Those born before, however, were doomed to a life of servitude. Of being owned.Shed a tear for Aggy, then, the owned woman whose long labor produces a twin on either side of that deadline; Ambrose, the firstborn, delivered late on July 3rd, and his sister Patience, birthed bright and early o...