Meet Lizzie Mae. Lizzie Mae is the personal housemaid to President and Lady Washington — or, what is more commonly known as a slave.

Actually, Lizzie Mae is actress Azie Mira Dungey, a former "living history character" at George Washington's Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon.

In Ask A Slave, a new comedy web series directed by Jordan Black, Dungey finally gets to answer some of the more asinine questions asked by estate visitors over the years.

Episode 1, above; episode 2, below:

[H/T: Neatorama]