penitentaries

Updated: July 5, 2025

She might have pictured in her dreams the drama that is ever bein' enacted on the pages of history of the sorely oppressed masses turnin' on the oppressors, and drivin' them, with themselves, out to ruin. Helpin' the poor to better lives, helpin' them to justice. Takin' the small hands of the children, and leadin' them away from the overcrowded prisons and penitentaries toward better lives

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the World's Fair