Andrea Mc-Collin: The woman who survived the civil war:

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DISCLAIMER: This biography is purely fictional. It is an humble attempt to hone my biography writing skills.





The date was December 24th during the early 1800’s (1849 to be exact), Christmas eve, the day an influential person was born. Her name was ‘Andrea Mc-Colin'.

In the US Andrea and her family were considered slaves to people. One day just a month before Andrea’s fifth birthday, her father was trying to go abroad to get themselves away from slavery, but the guards put him under arrest for being a person of color. Five months later, her father was sold back into slavery.

Andrea’s mother was doing everything she could to support her child, but later she found out she was pregnant with twins. Although it was a high-risk pregnancy, she managed to feed herself and her children.

A few days after Easter that year her Andrea’s mother gave birth to two boys. After 3 years her mother became terribly ill. When Andrea turned 10 years old her mother was diagnosed with ‘the black plaque’ they isolated her, and she later passed away after a month.

Because Andrea and her brothers AJ and Collum were considered slaves all foster cares refused to take them, so Andrea was left to take care of her 3-year-old brothers all on their own. At 12 she got a job that was paying $8 an hour which was enough to feed them, but it wasn't enough money for them to have a roof over their heads.

On April 12, 1861; a catastrophe happened. The American civil war had just started and people were dying. When she turned 13 later that year she fought for “rights for race” she said clearly, "Every person shouldn't be judged by their skin color! They should be judged by their story not the cover!"

The sentence that Andrea said that year was inspiring for all of  southern US and people started fighting for their rights.

This went on and on until the civil war ended when Andrea was about to turn 17. Luckily for her, she survived. She went on to be a famous writer in the US. She wrote about her journey to freedom.

Nowadays she is known as one of the most influential women in the US. She went on to live a calm, peaceful life in the countryside. Andrea passed away on December 31st 1930 at the age of 80.

-Lilia Naser

5H

Al Hussan International Academy


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