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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.
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.
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.
Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court | 2022-08-20 19:06:42