The Oxford Eagle | Some local landowners worked to improve the lives of slaves

Columnist and historian Jack Lamar Mayfield tells us about slave owners who tried to better the lives of their slaves — by teaching them to read and write or offering them jobs after the war ended. (February 24, 2012, Page 3B)

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Published: February 24, 2012

Writer: Jack Lamar Mayfield

Names: Lucindy Hall Shaw, Polly Cancer, Stephen Enzweiler, William S. Neilson.

Tags: large plantations, slaveholders, slavery, teaching slaves to read and write

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