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<font color=white> Jabari was born in 1846 on a small cotton plantation in South Carolina. Him and his parents were slaves, and despite being raised in a very hostile environment he grew up to be a healthy child. At 13 years of age he received his first flogging after being wrongly accused of taking fruit from a tree and eating it. The overseer whipped Jabari badly, and he was then left in the slave-house to recover or die. Miraculously his wounds had healed by the next day, but his parents had him pretend to be hurt for weeks to avert attention. It was also during this time his parents realized Jabari had never been sick and when injured healed quickly with no scars. Fearing that this trait would get him sold, they had Jabari stay close to them in the fields (where they all picked cotton) so that they could watch over him and keep his ability secret. | <font color=white> Jabari was born in 1846 on a small cotton plantation in South Carolina. Him and his parents were slaves, and despite being raised in a very hostile environment he grew up to be a healthy child. At 13 years of age he received his first flogging after being wrongly accused of taking fruit from a tree and eating it. The overseer whipped Jabari badly, and he was then left in the slave-house to recover or die. Miraculously his wounds had healed by the next day, but his parents had him pretend to be hurt for weeks to avert attention. It was also during this time his parents realized Jabari had never been sick and when injured healed quickly with no scars. Fearing that this trait would get him sold, they had Jabari stay close to them in the fields (where they all picked cotton) so that they could watch over him and keep his ability secret. | ||
− | However when Jabari was 15 years of age the slave-owner became sick | + | However when Jabari was 15 years of age the slave-owner became sick and died; and his widow attempted to sell Jabari to cover the medical expenses. Jabari's father begged the buyer for his son not to be taken, but was struck in the back, mocked, and beaten by the overseer. Jabari's hands were then bound together with rope and tied to the end of the buyer's saddle. As the buyer began to ride off with Jabari he cried and tried to resist, but was unable to stop the horse. His mother desperately ran in front of the man's path and begged for him not to take her son, but received a hard boot to the face instead. As she laid motionless of the ground Jabari's adrenaline peaked and he managed to free one of his hands, with it he quickly freed the other by cutting the rope with claws that had emerged from his hand and ran back to comfort his mom. |