Tag: Eliza Jane Payne
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Introduction: When the Freed are Still Enslaved
Even when enslaved people had been freed, they were still in danger, as this true incident shows. At eight years old, Eliza Jane Payne was used to work—she was born enslaved and had been helping with laundry and cleaning chores since before she could remember. In her early years, it was for Mrs. Mary Maddox,…