Mary Elizabeth Bowser

"Slavery harms freedom of speech and freedom of opinion.The power of slavery reduces labor.The power of slavery is arrogant, slanderous and abusive, not only for slaves but also cruel and authoritarian for communities and nations "The sentence comes from Elizabeth Van Lew, whose father had a slave before the Civil War. Elizabeth is an abolitionist and I do not believe her father's way of doing things. As one of the slaves of Van Lew plantation, Mary Elizabeth Bowser is not just a slave. Mary Elizabeth Bowser was born in Van Lew plantation in Richmond, Virginia in 1839.

We met her today as Mary Elizabeth Bowser, but when she was one of the most courageous spies in the Civil War, she chose many different aliases. Mary was born in Virginia to sympathize with the slaves of the Van Lew family, was released in teenagers, was educated in Philadelphia, served as a missionary in Liberia, worked for a cleverly hidden allied spy ring I continued. To Jefferson Federal President 's house. The leader of this spy circle is Elizabeth · Banere, a wealthy Virginia civilian woman who persuaded Mary's daughter of the former owner to release all the family from slaves. Elizabeth is deeply concerned about Mary and wrote: "I really love this poor creatures, she was born in our family, I always feel responsible." Elizabeth is Mary's Please use it as a spy when the civil war broke out in 1861 knowing wisdom.

Mary Elizabeth Kuppa, another agent at home at Davis, is a member of the Alliance Spy Gang called Elizabeth Van Luu's "Richmond Underground". His family has built respect and social relationships in Richmond. Van Lew did not hide her loyalty to the league, but it was harmless and affected her behavior quirky for federal authorities. After the war, she visited Washington, got all official records of the war department related to her activities and destroyed them. Therefore, there is little detail about Bowser's specific activities.