I lent a book, “History of the Church” to Mr. Dales, In the evening I attended meeting at Bro and sister JT Whitfields, Henage Street, Grimsby. We had a Bible class, there were 20 in attendance after meeting, Sister Rachel and Rose Green and I went part of the way home with Bro and Sister Lloyd and Violet Cheshire, after leaving them, we returned home.
Friday January 30, 1903
I went to the free library and there met Albert
Atkinson, we copied poetry from a book, I think this is a grand privilege to be to read good books and daily papers which is little appreciated by Young Men leaving there I returned home, I called to see Mr. Dales and asked him what he thought
Dem Days Was Hell - Recorded Testimonies of Former Slaves from 17 U.S. States: True Life Stories from Hundreds of African Americans in South about Their Life in Slavery and after the Liberation