Anna Knight lived a long and prosperous life. During her lifetime, she accomplished many things and did a lot of great things for the church and her community. She was born in 1874 in Mississippi, but her family was originally from Georgia where her mother was born a slave. The white man who bought the family was named Knight, and he moved the family to Mississippi. Obviously, he also gave the family their name. When slavery was abolished in 1863, the Knights moved in with one of their former owner's younger sons who didn't believe in slavery. They worked for him until they were able to buy land for themselves. They were, for obvious....

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