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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.
Immortalized in bronze, a statue of Elizabeth Freeman now stands beside the First Congregational Church at 125 Main Street in Sheffield, facing the historic Sedgwick House.
This Juneteenth, learn how Massachusetts, home of 18th century abolitionism, ended slavery via many court battles, not legislation.