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A state representative found that many of his colleagues were largely unaware of the significance of the woman's case, which set the legal precedent that essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts.

Akilah Edgerton sings 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the dedication of the Freeman monument on Sunday. SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Community and civic leaders, including...

A bronze statue of an enslaved woman from Massachusetts who went to court to win her freedom in 1781 has been unveiled in the Berkshires.

A state representative found that many of his colleagues were largely unaware of the significance of the womans case, which set the legal precedent that essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the state’s first Black governor, regarding the installment of a statue of Bett, an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. The statue was unveiled on Sunday, Aug. 21, the same day, just 241 years prior, that a jury agreed with the attorneys and freed Bett, who later changed her name to Elizabeth Freeman. (Associated Press — Aug. 21, 2022)

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On Sunday in Sheffield Massachusetts a bronze statue of Elizabeth Freeman who shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago will be unveiled.

The story of the enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation has been pushed to the fringes of history.

A group of civic leaders, activists and historians unveiled a bronze statue on Sunday of Elizabeth Freeman, an African American woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation.

New Bedford Community Health Center CEO Cheryl Bartlett says people considered high risk for monkeypox are starting to pay attention.