The Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Colored Woman, is a story of the life of a former slave that was freed and became a preacher. The memoir was recorded when she was ninety-seven years old. When she was eleven, Elizabeth was sold far away from her family. Then she was brought back home. Later, she was sold twice, the second time to a Presbyterian minister who freed her thirty years old. She started a preaching career, but it was hard for a woman of color to tell other of Christianity. This memoir gives a vivid picture of the fight a black woman had to come through to win a position in the society of those days.