Sheffield Declaration News Today

To add other stories to our education is laudable and necessary; to eliminate our origin story and the stories of our founders makes us vulnerable to those who want to

Elizabeth Freeman was brought to a house in Sheffield, Massachusetts in 1758 as a teenager. She helped keep the fires going. She cleaned, cooked and served.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A new play now enjoying its world premiere production at Theatre Forty tells the story of Elizabeth Freeman (c. 1744-December 28, 1829), commonly known as Bet or MumBet. In brief, here’s a sketch of her life.

In 1744, a woman arrived in the Berkshires as a piece of property in the eyes of the law. She died a free woman after a struggle against the injustices

In the form of a 7½-feet-tall bronze statue in the village center, this town will stake its rightful claim to a freedom fighter who had a gruesome scar and the