About Myra Miller
Lived 1811 – 1891 (aged 79–80). Myra Miller was a baker, traiteur and entrepreneur.
Myra Miller (–1891) was an African-American food entrepreneur and baker in Atlanta during Reconstruction.
Miller was born in Virginia in about 1811. She was enslaved and sold as a cook to someone in Rome, Georgia. In 1871, after slavery was abolished in the United States, she moved with her husband to Atlanta and started a bakery. Miller's bakery was well known in Atlanta and her wedding fruitcakes were sent across the country. Miller died in 1891 and was buried in the African American section of Oakland Cemetery.
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Who was Myra Miller?
Atlanta-based food entrepreneur and baker (1811-1891)
When was Myra Miller born?
Myra Miller was born in 1811.
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Myra Miller died on 4 May 1891.
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Myra Miller was a baker, traiteur and entrepreneur.
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