Biography:

Domestic Worker. Born– Black belt of west central Alabama. Parents– Will Brooks. Her mother died when she was one year old. Married– Jesse. Children– Five.  After working on her father’s farm she eventually moved to Cleveland and went into domestic service for thirty years.

Source:

You May Plow Here.

Publication(s):

You May Plow Here; the Narrative of Sara Brooks. New York; Norton, 1986.