Addy Walker, American Girl
The role of black dolls in American culture.
From the cover of Meet Addy.
The Paris Review
May 28, 2015 | by Brit Bennett
In 1864, a nine-year-old slave girl was punished for daydreaming. Distracted by rumors that her brother and father would be sold, she failed to remove worms from the tobacco leaves she was picking. The overseer didn’t whip her. Instead, he pried her mouth open, stuffed a worm inside, and forced her to eat it.
