Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court
A bronze statue of an enslaved woman from Massachusetts who went to court to win her freedom in 1781 is being unveiled in the Berkshires this weekend
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A bronze statue of an enslaved woman from Massachusetts who went to court to win her freedom in 1781 is being unveiled in the Berkshires this weekend
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A group of civic leaders, activists and historians in Sheffield, Massachusetts, are unveiling a bronze statue of the woman who chose the name Elizabeth Freeman...
An enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation will be honored with a statue.
Elizabeth Freeman shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago, on Aug. 21, 1781. The statue will be unveiled in Sheffield on Sunday.