Complex sentence: Lisette Denison Forth (c.1786--August 7,1866) was an African-American woman from Michigan who was born a slave, worked as a maid, and became a landowner and philanthropist.
Split into simpler sentences: Lisette Denison Forth (c.1786--August 7,1866) was an African-American woman from Michigan who was born a slave. She worked as a maid and became a landowner and philanthropist.