Labor of Love
Richard O'Connor2022-12-01
If somebody needed help, Granny was going.
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3 min
Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into enslavement in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She was 7 years old when she was freed. She stayed in Black Mountain and became a midwife, delivering several hundred babies including her own grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, to honor the family matriarch. [Overview Courtesy of Storycorps]
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Mary Othella Burnette | Self | Unowned |