![Sheffield prepares the way for a statue to honor the trailblazing former slave, Elizabeth 'Mum Bett' Freeman | Southern Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com Sheffield prepares the way for a statue to honor the trailblazing former slave, Elizabeth 'Mum Bett' Freeman | Southern Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/berkshireeagle.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/2b/72b937ec-3b63-11ec-a1aa-d70fbbeaabfb/61806b8c441d5.image.jpg?resize=653%2C500)
Sheffield prepares the way for a statue to honor the trailblazing former slave, Elizabeth 'Mum Bett' Freeman | Southern Berkshires | berkshireeagle.com
![hidden figures: mum bett, first black slave to file and win a freedom suit in massachusetts | AFROPUNK hidden figures: mum bett, first black slave to file and win a freedom suit in massachusetts | AFROPUNK](https://d28vr35rno8k21.cloudfront.net/images/p3PIP5N9EquCKYVokHQjHvKJxlyQSlCbrg4Z2ck165lW4jg_mumbanner.png)
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![Tony Perkins (Florida Basketball Bulletin) ar Twitter: "Elizabeth Freeman, Mum Bett (first black slave to file & win a freedom suit). Happy Black History Month https://t.co/RL6CUW8avL" / Twitter Tony Perkins (Florida Basketball Bulletin) ar Twitter: "Elizabeth Freeman, Mum Bett (first black slave to file & win a freedom suit). Happy Black History Month https://t.co/RL6CUW8avL" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cact2jCXIAA7GcN.jpg)
Tony Perkins (Florida Basketball Bulletin) ar Twitter: "Elizabeth Freeman, Mum Bett (first black slave to file & win a freedom suit). Happy Black History Month https://t.co/RL6CUW8avL" / Twitter
Royall House & Slave Quarters - On August 21, 1781 Elizabeth Freeman won her freedom under the Massachusetts state constitution, the first African-American woman to do so. Born into slavery near Albany,
![تويتر \ Maya Norton على تويتر: "@meghanbkelly Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett). One of my all-time favorites. First woman to successfully sue for her freedom in Massachusetts. We renamed our school this year تويتر \ Maya Norton على تويتر: "@meghanbkelly Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett). One of my all-time favorites. First woman to successfully sue for her freedom in Massachusetts. We renamed our school this year](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaPN24EXYAUj7WJ.jpg)
تويتر \ Maya Norton على تويتر: "@meghanbkelly Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett). One of my all-time favorites. First woman to successfully sue for her freedom in Massachusetts. We renamed our school this year
![Twitter 上的 ACLU Massachusetts:"One year after Massachusetts ratified its constitution, Mum Bett became the first person in the state to successfully sue for her freedom. Her victory laid the groundwork for the Twitter 上的 ACLU Massachusetts:"One year after Massachusetts ratified its constitution, Mum Bett became the first person in the state to successfully sue for her freedom. Her victory laid the groundwork for the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWpzzFGW4AAUgVc.jpg)
Twitter 上的 ACLU Massachusetts:"One year after Massachusetts ratified its constitution, Mum Bett became the first person in the state to successfully sue for her freedom. Her victory laid the groundwork for the
![Smithsonian on Twitter: "In 1781, Elizabeth Freeman (also known as Mum Bett) was one of the first enslaved African Americans in Massachusetts to file a “freedom suit”—or legal petition for freedom—and win. Smithsonian on Twitter: "In 1781, Elizabeth Freeman (also known as Mum Bett) was one of the first enslaved African Americans in Massachusetts to file a “freedom suit”—or legal petition for freedom—and win.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzjdrOnWsAAa6mp.jpg)