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Mae Louise Miller (born Mae Louise Wall; August 24, 1943 – 2014) was an American woman who was kept in modern-day slavery, known as peonage, near Gillsburg, Mississippi and Kentwood, Louisiana until her family achieved freedom in early 1961.
May 16, 2018 · One of the 20th-century slaves was Mae Louise Walls Miller and she didn’t get her freedom until 1963. Her father, Cain Wall, lost his land by signing a contract he couldn’t read that enslaved...
Feb 28, 2018 · Harrell described the case of Mae Louise Walls Miller, who didn't get her freedom until 1963, when she was about 14. As a child, Miller would get sent up to the landowner's house on...
Dec 5, 2003 · The Millers' story came to light recently when Mae Miller walked into a workshop on the issue of slave reparations run by Antoinette Harrell-Miller, a genealogist.
Jun 11, 2018 · Nearly five years after the Waterford meeting, however, Mae Louise Walls Miller of Mississippi told Harrell that she didn’t get her freedom until 1963. Miller told her about how she and her mother were raped and beaten when they went to the main house to work.
Feb 27, 2018 · Six months after that meeting, I was giving a lecture on genealogy and reparations in Amite, Louisiana, when I met Mae Louise Walls Miller.
Mar 7, 2018 · Several months later, Harrell would meet a woman named Mae Louise Walls Miller who didn’t receive her freedom until 1963.
Apr 22, 2022 · One of the 20th-century slaves was Mae Louise Walls Miller and she didn’t get her freedom until 1963. Her father, Cain Wall, lost his land by signing a contract he couldn’t read that enslaved his entire family.
Nov 9, 2007 · But for Mae Wall Miller, that piece of history is something she survived and something that will haunt her forever. She lived as a slave until she was 18 years old. Tonight, Miller comes to...
Mae Louise Walls Miller of Mississippi revealed to Harrell that she didn’t get her freedom until 1963 from the Waterford Plantation. This file contains a meeting agenda for a 20th century slavery "peonage" documentary; Mae Louise Miller was one of the attendants.
