The Autobiography Of Ruth Johnson

Ruth Johnson Autobiography You may know Ruth Johnson as “The Little Girl Who Never Listened”. She was born on February 19th of 1650. Ruth was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her father Alden owned a humungous farm on the countryside and owned eight slaves. Ruth and her mother Amity knew that it was wrong to own slaves, but Alden never listened to either of them. Ruth’s father was a cruel man. Ruth and Amity worked inside the house cooking foods, sewing, and cleaning. When Ruth was ten years old, she became friends with their slaves when Alden wasn’t watching. She brought them homemade biscuits and chicken to snack on. It honestly killed Ruth on the inside watching her father beat them halfway to death. Every single day her father would run up to her and hug her, but Ruth couldn’t hug him back, he made her sick. …show more content…
Ruth ran for two miles in her gown, apron, white cap, stockings, and buckled shoes. Eventually, she made it to town. Everyone was riding horses and didn’t pay much attention to her. She remembered her mother always telling her to not go into town by herself, but she didn’t listen. Ruth found a group of kids over by an old broken fence, they were playing in the dirt. She went over to them and began talking to them. Soon enough, one of those kids told Ruth to go home because she was just a girl. Ruth knew she shouldn’t say anything and just go home, but instead Ruth punched that boy right in the teeth! Right after that, she ran as fast as she could all of the way