Elizabeth Freeman: African American Woman Sued 1780 State Constitution Over Slavery and Won
In 1780, as the War for Independence raged throughout North America, a crier standing in the central square of Sheffield, Massachusetts, a small town in the western part of the former colony, read from the state’s newly enacted constitution. When he came to Article 1 he clamored, “All Men are born Free and Equal,” a … Continue reading Elizabeth Freeman: African American Woman Sued 1780 State Constitution Over Slavery and Won
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