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Elizabeth Freeman

Elizabeth Freeman, also known Mumbet, was one of the first enslaved African Americans to file and win a freedom suit in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling, in Freeman's favor, found slavery to be inconsistent with the... Wikipedia
Died: December 28, 1829, Stockbridge, MA
Known for: Brom and Bett v. Ashley (1781), gained freedom based on constitutional right to liberty
Other names: Bett, Mumbet, Mum Bett