Eliza of Natchez Slave Girl Who Vanished After the Icehouse Tragedy

Eliza of Natchez Slave Girl Who Vanished After the Icehouse Tragedy

In the heart of old Natchez, where the river whispers secrets of the past, there lived a young enslaved girl named Eliza — a quiet, watchful soul known for her grace and haunting silence. She worked in the grand Hollingsworth estate, serving a master whose cruelty was whispered about even among the neighboring plantations. But everything changed on a bitter winter night… the night of the Icehouse Tragedy.

That evening, the Hollingsworth family gathered for their winter feast — laughter echoing through the grand halls. Down below, the enslaved workers toiled to keep the icehouse cold, hauling blocks of ice and barrels of salted meat. But by dawn, smoke filled the air, screams rose from the fields, and the once-proud estate was reduced to ruin. The master was found dead — frozen and burned all at once, an impossible horror.

And Eliza was gone.

Some said she fled north under the cover of darkness. Others swore she was taken by something that night — something that had lived beneath the icehouse for years. The town’s elders whispered of curses, of retribution, of spirits bound by blood and vengeance.

To this day, the Icehouse ruins remain — untouched, cold even in summer, and said to echo with the sound of a girl’s footsteps dragging chains across the frost.

Was Eliza a victim… or the hand of justice herself?

Step into the chilling mystery of Eliza of Natchez, the slave girl who vanished after the fire — and left behind one of Mississippi’s darkest legends.

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