The Black Swan At Home And Abroad
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THE BLACK SWAN A T H O M E A N D A B R O A D; OR, A Biographical Sketch OF MISS ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD, THE AMERICAN VOCALIST.
THE BLACK SWAN A T H O M E A N D A B R O A D; OR, A Biographical Sketch OF MISS ELIZABETH TAYLOR GREENFIELD, THE AMERICAN VOCALIST.
——— PHILADELPHIA: WM. S. YOUNG, PRINTER, REAR OF 50 NORTH SIXTH STREET. 1855. Miss Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield , or the “Black Swan,” to adopt her musical agnomen, was born at Natchez, Mississippi. She was born in bondage. Her father was a full African; white and Indian blood flowed in her mother’s veins. When but one year old her mistress, Mrs. Elizabeth Greenfield, removed to Philadelphia, and joined the Society of Friends, manumitting the few slaves whom she had not previously accompanied and
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