Labor of Love

If somebody needed help, Granny was going.

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Documentary

Overview

Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into enslavement in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She was 7 years old when she was freed. She stayed in Black Mountain and became a midwife, delivering several hundred babies including her own grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, to honor the family matriarch. [Overview Courtesy of Storycorps]

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 1, 2022
Original language: English
Production: StoryCorps
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded