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Halie
Halie or Halia (Ancient Greek: Ἁλίη, Ἁλία; the difference in ending is merely due to dialectal variations) is the name of the following characters in Greek mythology:
- Halie, one of the Nereids, daughter of Nereus and Doris
- Halia, a nymph who lived on an island that would later be named Rhodes after her only daughter, Rhodos (or Rhode). Halia was the daughter of Thalassa, sister of the Telchines, and mother of Rhodos and six sons by Poseidon. Shortly
by breaking her legs, but one of the resident aunts opposed it. Jackson's mother would rub her legs down with greasy dishwater. Despite the condition, Jackson performed dance steps for the white woman for whom her mother and Aunt Bell cleaned house.
Jackson was four or five years old when her mother Charity died at the age of 25, leaving her family to decide who would raise Halie and her brother. Aunt Duke assumed this responsibility, and the children were forced to work from sun-up to sun-