(Newser) – When Alex Tizon's family moved to the US from the Philippines in 1964, they were seen as "model immigrants." It's unclear whether their new neighbors would have felt that way had they known Tizon's family was keeping a slave. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's final story—he died in March—was published Tuesday in the Atlantic and tells the story of Eudocia Tomas Pulido, known to the family as Lola. An 18-year-old Lola was given to Tizon's mother as a gift by her father when she was a child in the Philippines. For the next 56 years, Lola would be a slave in the Tizon household. When the family moved to the US, they told friends and neighbors Lola was a relative from back home.
Lola cooked, cleaned, and cared for five children, working from morning to night. She wasn't paid or even given her own room, often sleeping next to the laundry...
Lola cooked, cleaned, and cared for five children, working from morning to night. She wasn't paid or even given her own room, often sleeping next to the laundry...
A bit long, but interesting story.
