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cotton and coffee very valuable crops,

and this made Mr. Chardley a rather

wealthy man.

Mizzie worked inside the

Greathouse as a housekeeper. She

was kind, gentle in nature and very

beautiful. She had long, black hair

that she wore either in two braids, unusual for a house worker.

or wrapped up in a cotton scarf. Her Although she was mainly a

skin was dark, smooth and she had housekeeper, Mr. Chardley would

big brown eyes. She was soft spoken, sometimes ask Mizzie to sing to him

delicate and had the sweetest singing or read out loud. Everyone on the

voice. Mr. Chardley allowed Mizzie plantation knew that Mizzie was his

to learn to read and write, which was favorite. Because Mr. Chardley was so