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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.
A group of civic leaders, activists and historians in the town of Sheffield unveiled a bronze statue of the woman who chose the name Elizabeth Freeman when she shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago to the day.
The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation had been pushed to the fringes of history.
The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation had been pushed to the fringes of history.A group of civic leaders, activists and historians hope that ended Sunday in the...
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. The statue of Elizabeth Freeman