A Promise Is to Keep: The True Story of a Slave and the Family She Adopted

by Nan Hayden Agle

Genres: True Story

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Ruth Showalter · Rating 5 out of 5]

picked this up at New Hope Shelter Thrift. A very good read for me right now. Well worth reading!

[Sweetmelody · Rating 5 out of 5]

An inspiring true account of a slave named Eliza Ann Benson (born 1836 - died 1921), who served with integrity as a slave. She came to love the family she worked for so much that she stayed with them throughout the rest of her life, when they need her the most.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

True story of a woman who started as a slave and continued to live with the family she served for all of her 80+ years on the Eastern shore of Maryland.