A Letter To A Slave Nurse

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My dear reader, I write to inform you all that this story I tell upon myself is in no wrong. I come to you today in pure flesh and blood, to set your eyes upon me as I tell this story that many few mistakenly know the truth about. Coming to relevance that life shouldn’t be taken for granted, I am obligated to tell you true facts upon the everyday life of slave nurse during the Civil War. I myself know that I have to describe the unseen to only take in desire to save millions who have suffered. Torn away from this guilt, I come proudly as a slave to ask for forgiveness as I speak upon the unthinkable. I knew all my life what my name was Allana Shunyae Young. I knew the truth about my name when my mother wanted me to have hers in memory of her

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