A Free Woman on God's Earth: The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom
- ISBN-10
- 0981491022
- ISBN-13
- 9780981491028
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 119
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-11-01
- Publisher
- Crow Flies Press
- Authors
- Ann-Elizabeth Barnes, Jana Laiz
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the eighteenth-century female slave who successfully sued her owner to win her freedom and whose case helped to set precedents that led to slavery being barred in Massachusetts.
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