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⏲ Duration: 16 min 12 sec ✓ Published: 21-Dec-2020
Description: Enslaved women began questioning their status in the new nation as a result of the American Revolution. One of those women was Elizabeth Freeman, or “Mumbet,” who lived as an enslaved woman in Massachusetts. nnAfter hearing the Massachusetts Constitution being read aloud in her master’s home, Freeman sought out Theodore Sedgwick, a lawyer and antislavery advocate that helped her sue for her freedom as a “inhabitant” of the state of Massachusetts. In 1781, Freeman won her freedom in cou
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