Why Eliza's last name never mentioned in the Fever 1793?

Answer 1

Eliza's last name was never mentioned because when you are a slave you go by your master's last name. so you could say she was a cook.

Answer 2

Eliza's last name is not mentioned in "Fever 1793" because the author, Laurie Halse Anderson, chose not to include it in the story. This might have been a deliberate decision to focus more on the characters, their actions, and the historical events of the yellow fever epidemic, rather than on their full names.