Ida Bell Wells Barnett Research Paper

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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was born on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Her parents are Elizabeth Warrenton and James Wells. She has 3 siblings named Herman Kohlsaat, Charles, and Alfreda Barnett. When she was born, she was born into a slave family. They were shortly declared free by the Union. Her father was then involved with the Freedmen's Aid Society and helped to start Shaw University. She attended school, but dropped out at 16 years old because her parents had died from the Yellow Fever break out. When she was 18 she convinced a nearby country college administrator to aid her in getting a job as a teacher. After making some money from teaching, she moved with her sister to Memphis, Tennessee, to live with one of her aunts. She

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