In The 1700s An Enslaved Massachusetts Woman Sued For Her Freedom — And Won

February 27, 2020
The Freeman Room in the Ashley House in Sheffield, Mass., includes a portrait of Elizabeth Freeman.

Elizabeth Freeman used the colonists' ideas of equality and independence to sue for her freedom. Her lawyer was Theodore Sedgwick, who would later become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

(Image credit: Nancy Eve Cohen/New England Public Media )



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