b. Aug. 18, 1760 d.Nov. 22, 1792


Addy's character that is to come into being is far ahead of her time. At least that is what everyone that has crossed paths thought of her, being concieved in such revolutionary time. Oringinally from the colony of Virginia, Addy's parent's earned their freedom upon their service in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment.


Her father agreed upon taking their owner's place, (who could date back to the magna carta! ;) in the army in exchange of his family's freedom and promised that the women and children of their family would serve as scouts for the 11th regiment, her mother in particular, of course serving as a nurse carrying her youngest and only daughter. Afterwards, the family returned by sea to the colony of Virginia upon Adelaide's birth in August. The family then fled with their freedom (and an old harpsichord as a gift from their mistress) into St. Domingue onto a tobacco plantation and share life with the loyalist refugees that also settled there in '79. However, the family doesn't answer the call to arms at the request of Toussaint in '91


Join the fight for freedom!


In the "Loyalist and patriot" Adelaide is a young lass of about 14. She stands at five feet even and has fairly long wooly hair. Being the youngest of two children, she still and always has been the tattle-tale and the ambitious dreamer with a passion and hope of freedom for Coloumbia and for all people of all colors and creed.

Although, one's parents may think of her as a disapointment for not marrying or having a suitor or two, Adelaide's independent air and resentment to love is an object of ridcule to those who've only seen her, she can be quite resourceful and handy with needlework and writing. Yes! Writing. She was lucky that her prior owner's children (Abigail, Daisy, and William Beckham) were so loving and liberal that they taught her to write and has become past time of hers other than chasing them down all day. Addy is fire and air wrapped in one; indecisive but diplomatic and open minded; passionate but dramatic and opinionated. Adelaide's pride and joy is and wooden harpshicord, which she seldomly practiced.


In later years, it goes on to say that Addy practiced and learned a good hand in playing harpshicord and premiered at several fashionable social gatherings about Barbados' high social circles as a chamber musician. By the time our Adelaide is nineteen, who by now is known by her employers as "Sadie" she'd composed her first musical caprice for harpsichord. Of course, not everyone would stand for her newfound success.
Her employers often mistreated her in a sense where her family thought that she'd forgotten all about what they fought for. Her family weren't taking kindly to her close and friendly associations and conformity with the "oppressor" as her father put it. Addy heeded nothing of it and continued to work for the aristocracy until she joined an orchestral troupe from France and started a tour with them in the winter of '81. The small orchestra readily accepeted Addy...I mean "Sadie" as they were in need for a fine keyboardist to complete the small orchestra whom were well known throught Europe and the Americas.


The winter of 1781 was a harsh and cold one indeed with the orchestras' ongoing tour. Sade was ill with the flu and therefore the tour had to be slowed for performances' sake. She had also been feeling a sense of incompleteness since she had joined and wondered if things were best if only she'd just gone back to her home in Barbados. However that winter had brought about the sweetest gift that made her life whole, its name was Henri. Sade discovered him to be a slave aboard a merchant vessal to an uncomprimising merchant!

At once, our Adelaide isn't taken kindly to the miserly, rag-doll nine year old boy whom she visited many a nights hoarding him food, fresh water and conversation. It wasn't until the ship was soon to depart for the Americas that Sade worried. She had rescued him the night before sail by commanding him to hide into an unsuspecting rum-barrel being unloaded whilst, of course she distracted the head merchant. Needless to say every stray animal in town followed Sade and the wine drenched Henri back to her apartments and they filled the night with mischievous laughter and merriment with their gift of each other in tow....





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