Edith Fossett brought the White House kitchen’s French cuisine to Cincinnati’s high society.
Tag: Slavery
Priscilla Jane Thompson
Inspired by her runaway slave parents, Priscilla Thompson wrote cutting verses on slavery, injustice, and black women's awesomeness.
Matilda Lawrence
The woman known as Matilda may seem unremarkable; however, she was anything but! As a housebound slave, she taught herself how to read, and she would inspire countless more runaway slaves to take legal action.
