American Girl Addy
The Addy American Girl doll is steeped in historical drama. The setting is 1864, and Addy and her mother both escaped from slavery during this time period. The story of Addy unfolds as she and her mother travel on an epic journey to the North to try to find the rest of the family at last. Throughout this exciting journey, Addy discovers new friends and learns new things along the way. One of the most important lessons she learns is what it means to be free and that she is free to dream. The Addy Doll was released by American Girl in 1993, which was quite a span of time from the initial release of Samantha, Molly, and Kirsten in 1986. This is a wonderful doll to add to your collection.
Addy Walker was originally a slave and
became a fugitive after escaping from North Carolina. When Addy
Walker escaped, so did her mother. They both fled to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. All of this was done during the American Civil War, but
Addy didn't care much about escaping since her master was actually
responsible for ruining her family by splitting them all up
previously. You can imagine such a life and decisions were very
rough, if even feasible.
Addy Walker wanted a new life more
than anything or anyone you could know, but only later on began to
realize the challenges she would face while trying to make a new one
for herself. It was very rough for Addy as she had to face new trials
and constant challenges due to her race, as well as where she came
from.
As for Addy Walker's books, her main books were created
by Connie Porter and illustrated by a Melodye Rosales, and Bradford
Brown. Crazy thing is, it was actually redrawn to its entirety later
on by a Dahl Taylor. As as you can see not only does the doll come
from a long line of hard work and trials, but so do her accessories.
Addy's books are definitely ones to take into account for saving
forever as their quality are unimaginable and the history behind them
are even more so.
Now, as for statistics, Addy was recorded as
only the fifth African American doll to be added to American Dolls
collections. She definitely still left her mark though, regardless of
that rather low statistical fact. In addition to this, she also was
the first doll to have earrings on her. Another wonderful feature
about Addy is she had a very unique and custom mold as an attempt to
better present her ethnicity. This was another factor as to why she
would run so high now a days on the market and such, as she clearly
falls under the category of a true rarity.
Lastly, Kids
Entertainment Inc. brought Addy back to life in 2007 by putting on
small, but often broadcasts shows all throughout the country on a
rather small tour. Although the tour was rather short, it definitely
brought plenty attention to her, brought her back to life, and also
of course raised her value due to this. January through may 2008 was
the main dates for these events and will never be forgotten.