与威利家族的关系

看来,总的来说,丽齐和威利家族关系很好大约55年期间她和家人度过的。丽齐提到家里天真地信,虽然大多在传递和引用她的工作。有几个影响之间的债券丽齐,西奥菲勒斯和丽贝卡的威利的孙子,安东西奥菲勒斯(1876 - 1965),在房子里长大,他的母亲和兄弟姐妹(Lou)。信件安东就只有三岁的时候说他是“帮助”丽齐使面包和搅拌黄油。一度安东脱落后廊和伤害自己;他们等待医生的时候,丽齐帮助伤口。

作为一个成年人,安东继续接近丽齐。丽齐末的生命,安东是大约三十岁的时候,他说她的感情在偶尔的信。在1903年他的母亲的一封信中,他表达了担忧,目前安排在威利的房子“丽齐将相当困难。”A few months later, when Lizzie had returned from a short stay away from the family, he wrote to Lou, "I am very glad to hear of Lizzie's return. You must give her my best regards and tell her I wish I could be there to hew the wood and draw the water." Anton also took interest in Lizzie's outside studies, mentioning in 1904 that he was mailing an astronomy textbook to Lizzie: "she will make better use of it than I..." This letter points out Lizzie's literacy, which would have been unusual for a female African American servant at the time. Lizzie likely never went to school. In 1850, when she would have been old enough to attend, there were only 1,026 African American children in school in Indiana out of the 4,505 school age African American children in the state. It is possible that she gained some education through church Sabbath schools if she attended and her mother, but her skills likely evolved with help from Wylie family members (for more information on the history of Africans in Indiana, see Coy D. Robbins' book,被遗忘的印第安人:非洲遗产在奥兰治县,印第安纳州)。

相比之下与安东她看似温暖的关系,提到丽齐和丽贝卡·威利家族的一些信件表明,威利太太感到冷比其他人对她的仆人。虽然西奥菲勒斯威利被怀疑同情非洲裔美国人由于他出席的“非洲社会”会议在费城(表示在1835年的日记),有提示不太开放的原因他的妻子。哈维年轻时,第一个黑人学生参加印第安纳大学,来到板与威利丽齐的任期期间,信了,“妈你可以肯定他在家庭的地位雷竞技官方网站下载作了安排。她已经柴棚的房间很好地固定了他和丽齐和他吃饭。的leetle旧偏见与她徘徊。”More specific mentions of Lizzie do not directly mention prejudice, but imply at least a certain impatience on Mrs. Wylie's behalf. Lou's sister, Margaret, wrote to her in 1859 that "Ma don't know how good [Lizzie] is, she thinks she is so slow."

丽齐在威利家族面临着复杂的分层系统。虽然喜欢的威利的其他员工相比,她还深深被她的奴役。在1880年的一封信,西布鲁克威利写道,“丽齐(利兹)很好。她已经打扫前厅,把新地毯。它使房间看起来很好。我们有一个男孩和他的一样。对整个家庭现在我告诉你,除非你想知道猫和鸟类和蜥蜴。”