Editing Anna Sewell (section)

===Early life===
Sewell was born on March 30, 1820, in [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]], into a devout [[Quaker]] family.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.literarynorfolk.co.uk/Norwich/anna_sewell.htm|title=Anna Sewell|last=Cameron|website=www.literarynorfolk.co.uk|access-date=2017-04-22}}</ref> Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793–1879), and her mother, [[Mary Wright Sewell]] (1798–1884), was a successful author of children's books. She had one sibling, a younger brother named Philip. The children were largely educated at home by their mother due to a lack of money for schooling.<ref name=":2" />

In 1822, Isaac's business, a small shop, failed and the family moved to [[Dalston]], London.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions: the Autobiography of a Horse|last=Guest|first=Kristen|publisher=Cambridge Scholars publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1-4438-3382-0}}</ref> Life was difficult for the family, and Isaac and Mary frequently sent Philip and Anna to stay with Mary's parents in <!-- Not the better known town in Derbyshire -->[[Buxton, Norfolk]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oldcatton.com/archive/featured_articles/anna_sewell.pdf|title=Anna Sewell, Black Beauty and Old Catton|website=oldcatton.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818140130/http://www.oldcatton.com/archive/featured_articles/anna_sewell.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=22 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 1832, when she was twelve, the family moved to [[Stoke Newington]] and Sewell attended school for the first time.<ref>''The maker of the omnibus'' by Jack Hodges. p. 85. [[Sinclair-Stevenson]] (1992) {{ISBN|1-85619-211-3}}.</ref> At fourteen, Sewell slipped and severely injured her ankles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/anna-sewell/4838/|title=Anna Sewell|website=www.penguin.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-04-22|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904021435/https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/anna-sewell/4838/|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the rest of her life, she could not stand without a crutch or walk for any length of time. For greater mobility, she frequently used horse-drawn carriages, which contributed to her love of [[horse]]s and concern for the Humane treatment of animals.<ref name=":0"/>