Biography
Carrie Massie was an African American woman born in 1866. She was unable to live her life due to being sentenced life in prison at the age of 16. William Evans had invited her into his home the same night that he was murdered. Once the police came to inspect the scene, they concluded that Carrie Massie had committed the murder. Like many African American men and women, Massie was wrongfully convicted of a crime that she did not commit and harshly sentenced despite her young age. Throughout her time in prison, she worked in Dade prison mine where she experienced both sexual and physical violence as a form of punishment. Later, she was moved to work at camp Heardmont where she worked within the farms, here she experienced sexual violence. During her time at this camp, Massie got pregnant and her and her newborn died in 1895 at the age of 26. Massie did not live a long life; her life was taken from her by the cruel system just as it is for many other African American men and women.
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