Elizabeth Van Lew

  • October 17, 1818

    Elizabeth Van Lew was born in Richmond, Virginia
  • 1822-1885

    Elizabeth Van Lew becomes part of the secret service, reporting to George Sharpe
  • 1843

    Elizabeth Van Lew's father dies
  • 1852

    Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin".