Calpurnia wants to make sure that the children are perfectly dressed so that none of her friends can say anything negative about her or the children. She does not want the church members to accuse her of doing anything less than the best for Jem and Scout.
First Purchase
Calpurnia belonged to First Purchase Church ( a black church)
Calpurnia mentions that in First Purchase church, there are four people who can read.
Calpurnia's church is called First Purchase African M.E. Church. It is an African Methodist Episcopal church located in Maycomb, Alabama.
the collection plate of first purchase church with calpurnia
Calpurnia's son is Zeebo. His special duty at the First Purchase Church is being the garbage collector and the church's unofficial instrument player by leading the congregation in singing hymns.
Zeebo is Calpurnia's son in "To Kill a Mockingbird," who works as the garbage collector in Maycomb. Reverend Sykes is the minister at First Purchase African M.E. Church, where Calpurnia and the Finch family worship.
it was paid for by the FIRST earnings of freed slaves
The kids were fighting alot
It was called the first purchase because it was the first thing that was bought when the slaves were freed.
In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird," Lula, a member of the congregation at Calpurnia's church, tried to intimidate Calpurnia by questioning her decision to bring Scout and Jem to a black church. Lula made them feel unwelcome because they were white.
The kids were fighting alot