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Elizebeth Freeman was a slave born about 1744. At 6 months she and her sisiter, also named Elizebeth, were sold to John Ashley of Sheffield, Massachusetts, whom she served tell she was about 40.
One day, Mrs. Ashley became angry with her sister. She grabbed a hot fire stick and tried to hit Her sisiter. Elizabeth got in the way of that, probably saving her sister's life. Later with the help of Theodore Sedgewick, a lawyer. she sued for her freedom, She adopted the surname "Freeman" after she won her freedom.
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Why was Elizabeth freeman famous?
She was one of the first slaves to be freed in Massachusetts.
Who is John Freeman a black slave?
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What is another name for freed slave?
Freeman, Free Negro
What was a slave that was trying to escape to the north called?
Morgan Freeman
Where did the word 'liberty' originate from?
The Latin libertatem, meaning "freedom, condition of a freeman".
