Which at that time in 1936 was not something that could happen. Ruth says in the story “ Not just the Ku Klux Klan but the regular white folks in town would’ve killed him.” (Hunter pg.111) At that time white people would kill black folks and did not get in trouble with the law. Under the circumstance Ruth had to get rid of her pregnancy, she had to do it with no one knowing anything. Her mother knew so that saved her and Peters life, she sent her to New York where Ruth’s aunt took her to get an abortion. Sadly, keeping that a secret was for their own
Which at that time in 1936 was not something that could happen. Ruth says in the story “ Not just the Ku Klux Klan but the regular white folks in town would’ve killed him.” (Hunter pg.111) At that time white people would kill black folks and did not get in trouble with the law. Under the circumstance Ruth had to get rid of her pregnancy, she had to do it with no one knowing anything. Her mother knew so that saved her and Peters life, she sent her to New York where Ruth’s aunt took her to get an abortion. Sadly, keeping that a secret was for their own