Born 1630 in Virginia's Warwick County, Elizabeth Key-Grinstead a slave who pursued legal action to gain her freedom in 1655. Elizabeth's early life mainly documented through the lives of her owners the Key family—particularly a lawsuit filed against her father early in her life. Elizabeth Key was born to a Black slave and a Virginia plantation […]
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