The legacy of Eliza Moore, one of America's last survivors of slavery, by Gift Luckson Eliza Moore (June 27, 1843 – January 21, 1948) was one of the last living African Americans proven to have been born into slavery in the United States. Lineage Her father's name was Judge Moore and Eliza was his only child, whom he had in his old age. Moore was born a slave in Montgomery County, Alabama, in 1843. She is considered by many historians as the last certifiable African American ex-slave in America. Moore is the only...