@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt2tv9zm.9, ISBN = {9781578067855}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tv9zm.9}, abstract = {Harriet Georgiana James’s brief life was a study in youthful energy, joie de vivre, and pathos. Consumption took her before she turned twenty-three, but while she lived, lack of faith in herself caused her greater anguish. Not long before she died, she wrote to Bertha from school, “I wonder and wonder why it is these people are so kind and good to me?” The answers came in letters of condolence from the faculty, staff, and students, who adored her.When Harriet enrolled at Hampton Institute and Normal School, it had been open for thirty-two years, training freed slaves and their}, author = {FARAH JASMINE GRIFFIN}, booktitle = {Can Anything Beat White?: A Black Family's Letters}, pages = {67--92}, publisher = {University Press of Mississippi}, title = {CONSUMED BY LIFE}, year = {2005} }