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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.
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.
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.