36: Addy Add On: Origins

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Who are the real people who became the basis for the Addy story? What happened to black women who liberated themselves, only to find a life of restricted freedoms in the north in the 19th century? Join us for this conversation with public historian Vera Cecelski, the Site Manager at Historic Stagville State Historic Site in North Carolina. Vera sheds light on the true stories behind the Addy books and the incredible journeys of people who were enslaved at Stagville. We ask what it's like to run an Addy birthday party and how educators at Stagville use WPA narratives.

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to American Girls the podcast where we're reliving the American
0:15.0	girls series book by book. I'm Mary. I'm so Allison. Thank you for being here
0:19.9	Allison. We're here again for our adie bonus episode.
0:23.0	Bonus, Bonus episode.
0:25.0	Wow, what a time to be alive.
0:27.0	A true bonus.
0:28.0	Oh my God, this conversation we had with this very special guest
0:32.0	was so crazy. I felt like she dropped. had this If this was the
0:45.0	was the equivalent of a lightning bolt coming through via a telegraph line.
0:50.0	Like, that was how hard she hit us, you know, without further ado.
0:55.1	We spoke with Vera Siskelsky, who works at the historic Stagville State Historic
1:01.0	site in North Carolina Carolina and this happened through the magic of DM.
1:06.4	Wow, we're all great friendships really begin their lives, right?
1:10.1	I mean twice a day, Instagram tells me this image has been blurred for your protection.
1:16.0	I click it brave it's always the doll thank you listeners it's always a doll or a young
1:21.0	person surrounded by toys or things like that but one of you reached out a and I said no I did not and where's my invite so you also told us that they have the
1:36.0	documents that are the origin for Addie's story so you know being as plucky as we
1:41.0	are we figured what would the Olsen Twins do?
1:43.4	Exactly. They would just DM Historic Zagville and see if they'll do an interview and they were so
1:48.8	amazing. During COVID times they got back to us within a week, Vera powered through, you know, like farm emergency
1:56.7	to speak with us.
1:57.7	I mean, it was great.
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