Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman
Season 2021 Episode 15 | 26m 46s | Video has closed captioning.
This Black History Month, we're honoring the legacy of Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman, the first enslaved African-American woman in Massachusetts to successfully win a freedom lawsuit in 1781. In Freeman's case, it targeted the state and she won in a ruling that proved slavery was illegal per Massachusetts's state constitution of 1780.
Aired: 02/25/22
