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  1. Young Woman Dies Giving Birth to Illegitimate Child
    date February 13, 1896map DAVIE, North Carolinatags Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Women

    A young white woman by the name of Graves stumbled into a tobacco barn in Jerusalem township, North Carolina, one cold January night in order to give birth to her illegitimate child. Her parents had thrown her out of their house when they discovered she was pregnant, and while she had tried to seek refuge at several other houses, she was repeatedly refused, and the barn was her only option for shelter...