[1][2][3] Junor and her brother William were born in Demerara in the British colony of Guyana, where their father owned a timber estate with sixty enslaved people.
Her brother William married a woman from Glasgow and emigrated to Argentina as a missionary for the Methodist Church.
[3][6] Junor has attracted interest as an example of a black woman living in Scotland and England in the 19th century.
Her life was researched by historian David Alston,[2][3] and has been made into a short film in Gaelic by Fèisean nan Gàidheal, Eliza, with the title role played by Edinburgh-based actor Tawana Maramba.
[7] In October 2020, Fortrose Academy held the first Eliza Junor Penmanship Competition, to mark Black History Month.