c. 1822–1913
Biography · Abolition
Elizabeth Freeman
c. 1744–1829
United States
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Biography
Known as Mumbet, Freeman argued that the state’s new constitution guaranteed her freedom, and her 1781 court victory helped end slavery in Massachusetts.
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