When her father died in 1843, Elizabeth's brother John Newton Van Lew took over the busineepression, Elizabeth used her entire cash inheritance of $10,000 (nearly $200,000 in current money) to purchase and free some of their former slaves' relatives.
Elizabeth used her entire cash inheritance of $10,000 (nearly $200,000 in current money). This was to purchase and free some of their former slaves'relatives. Her father died. John Newton Van Lew took over the busineepression. This was in 1843. Elizabeth's brother was 1843.