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Learn about the hardships of the young Sally and Abe Lincoln with these literature activities to accompany the book by Harry Mazer. slide 1 of 9. My Brother Abe, Sally Lincolnâs Story is an appealing historical fiction novel for middle school students. It is narrated by Sarah Lincoln, better known as Sally, and tells the story of the Lincoln family when Sally and Abe were young. Through the eyes of this young girl we understand the hardships the Lincolns endured as they were forced from their home in Kentucky and tried to build a new life in Indiana.
Hemings was the youngest of six siblings by the planter John Wayles and his mixed-race slave Betty Hemings; Sally was three-quarters European and a half-sister of Jefferson's wife, Martha Wayles Skelton.emings had six children of record born into slavery; four survived to adulthood. Hemings was a domestic servant in Jefferson's house until his death. The historical question of whether Jefferson was the father of Hemings' children is known as the JeffersonâHemings controversy.