Annie Burton
Annie L. Burton’s birth in 1858 is celebrated on this date. She was a Black homemaker and publisher.
From Clayton, Alabama, her mother was a house slave who ran away from the plantation after being whipped but returned after the American Civil War and Emancipation became law. Burton moved to Boston, where she became a domestic servant. In 1888 she married a man who worked as a valet in Braintree.
In 1909 Burton published her book, "Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days" and a short biography of Abraham Lincoln.
To Become a Desktop Publisher
African Americans/Voices of Triumph
by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Copyright 1993, TimeLife Inc.
