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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
A town in the Berkshires celebrated the little-known legacy of Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman who was one of the first to successfully sue for her freedom, with a statute unveiled Sunday.
A state representative found that many of his colleagues were largely unaware of the significance of the woman's case, which set the legal precedent that essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts.
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.