Free to Stay: The True Story of Eliza Benson and the Family She Stood by for Three Generations

Slaveholder Marse Bradford Harrison, of St. Michaels, Maryland, gave four-year old Eliza Ann Benson to his daughter, Braddie, in . Eliza would be a friend and a slave to her infant owner in Harrisons way of thinking. But a friendship began and a promise was made. Elizas down-home philosophy, loyalty, fortitude and love positively impacted Miss Braddie and generations thereafter.