Folklore has a long-recorded history that advances the tale that a seventh son born to a seventh son before a daughter arrives will be endowed with the gift of healing and the power of prophecy. William Gist, a seventh son, lived with his wife, Mary, in Chillicothe, Ohio and they were expecting their seventh child in November 1866, having already welcomed six boys into the world. Chillicothians were poised for the birth of the seventh Gist child, wagering whether it would be a boy, or at long last, a girl. Gossip and whispers spread through town like a swarm of locust. Everyone, except one, wondered if the child would be a "blessing" or a "curse." The one who knew the answer was a runaway slave. They called her "Mama Jama." She had a Jamaican mother and a slave father and after the Civil War broke out she escaped southern tyranny and the Underground Railroad brought her to Chillicothe. At age forty-three, her only talents were those of a cotton picker, midwife, and a...

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