150. [FLORIDA] Abraham Shakespeare

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🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime where we get Big Mad over True Crime.
0:15.5	I'm your host Heather Ashley and today's case is out of Florida.
0:19.4	Small talk sucks so let's dive in.
0:30.0	Abraham Shakespeare was born and raised in Florida.
0:36.9	For most of his childhood he spent his time between Lake Wales and Lakeland in a pretty
0:41.5	modest area.
0:43.0	His family didn't have much but they had more than enough love to go around.
0:47.0	He was particularly close to his parents.
0:49.9	As much love as there was in his family life wasn't always easy for Abraham.
0:54.6	He struggled in school not being able to read or write so in the seventh grade he dropped
0:59.3	out and went to work in the groves with his father.
1:02.2	If you're working in a grove in Florida you're probably running water lines making sure
1:06.2	there aren't any vines growing up the trees and you're probably going to be hand picking
1:10.0	oranges.
1:11.0	It is hard and it is hot work.
1:13.8	Unfortunately being young and out of school Abraham got into a little trouble.
1:18.8	At 13 he was convicted of theft and was sent to a reform school where according to NBC
1:24.5	he stayed for the next five years until he turned 18.
1:28.3	Initially when I read that he was sent to a reform school I held my breath for a minute
1:32.6	but from everything I could find it looks like he was a pretty decent experience.
1:37.3	Abraham came back healthy happy and ready to work.
1:40.4	He moved in with his dad and started to build his life as an adult.
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