The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

A Moral Tale

Banks, A. F.. "A Moral Tale." New York Saturday Press. (1859-9-13).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The tale of a woman who throws her own newborn baby into a stream to escaoe being ostracized by the town because the baby was born of an adulterous relationship.