Claire Bellerjeau, Raynham Hall Museum's historian, dug through historical documents to piece together the life of Liss, an woman enslaved by the Townsend family of Colonial Oyster Bay. Liss' life is the subject of Bellerjeau's book, "Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth," due out in March. Credit: Kendall Rodriguez

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