Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court nearly 80 years before Civil War
Elizabeth Freeman shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago, on Aug. 21, 1781. The statue will be unveiled in Sheffield on Sunday.
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Elizabeth Freeman shed the chains of slavery 241 years ago, on Aug. 21, 1781. The statue will be unveiled in Sheffield on Sunday.
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
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 fr
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.
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 hope that ends Sunday with the unveiling of a bronze statue of the woman who chose the name Elizabeth Freeman.