Manda osawoneka bwino awa ndi a Natchez City Cemetery a Mississippi ku United States. Chiyambireni kumangidwa mzaka za 19th, mandawo akhala akupereka chikumbutso chomvetsa chisoni cha mayi wachikondi, Akazi a Ford, omwe adamwalira ndi mwana wawo wamkazi wazaka 10 wazaka khumi ndi ziwiri Florence Irene Ford.
Iyi inali nthawi yomwe mamiliyoni a anthu anali kufa chifukwa cha malungo komanso matenda opatsirana padziko lonse lapansi. Tsoka ilo, atadwala malungo akulu kwambiri, Florence wamng'ono nayenso anali atachoka padzikoli kwamuyaya.
Pachithunzipa pamwambapa cha manda ake, mutha kuwona kuti masitepe amatsikira kumutu kwa mtembowo komanso pamutu pa bokosi lamaliro pali zenera.
Tsopano mafunso omwe amadza m'mutu mwanu ndi awa: Chifukwa chiyani mawonekedwe amanda awa ndiopambana? nanga ndi mbiriyakale yanji yomwe idapangitsa kukhala chonchi?
Florence Irene, mtsikanayo anali ndi mantha owopsa a mabingu ndipo nthawi zonse ankathamangira kwa amayi ake kuti akatonthozedwe m'masiku ovuta kapena usiku ngati wamoyo. Pokumbukira izi, amayi ake a Mayi Ford anali atapanga manda achilendowa kuti athe kupezeka nyengo yamkuntho yomwe Florence amawopa kwambiri m'moyo.
M'malo mwake, zenera lidali pamutu pa bokosi kuti athe kuyang'ana mwana wake wamkazi munthawi izi, ndipo zitseko zachitsulo pamwambapa zimatha kutsekedwa kuti zimuteteze ku nyengo yoipa.
Tsopano funso lina limabuka m'mutu mwanu: Kodi ndizothekadi, mantha omwewo ndi kusakhazikika zimasamutsidwa kumzimu pambuyo paimfa?
Malinga ndi kafukufuku wina wamwamuna, pambuyo poti munthu wamwalira, zina mwamantha ake, chisoni komanso kukhudzika mtima zimanyalanyazidwa ndi zomwe zimawoneka ndi ntchito zawo zosiyanasiyana. Chifukwa chake, ngati tilingalira motere, sitingakane zifukwa zomveka zomwe zimapangitsa amayi a Ford kukhala 'omvera chisoni' pamanda apadera a Natchez.
Komabe, Akazi a Ford nawonso adapita kalekale, ndipo zenera lomwe lili kumapeto kwa masitepe tsopano lasungidwa kuti ateteze kuwonongeka kwa bokosi la Florence. Ngakhale masitepe akadalipo. Kerubi wa konkriti tsopano akuyang'ana pamanda a Florence.
Masiku ano, anthu ambiri akuchitirabe umboni kuti akumva kukankhidwa kapena dzanja paphewa lawo pafupi ndi manda awa a Natchez. Mwina Akazi a Ford amakhalabe komweko akupereka chitsimikizo cha chilimbikitso kwa mwana wawo wamkazi wokondedwayo.
