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Mumbet : The Life and Times of Elizabeth...
Mumbet : The Life and Times of Elizabeth Freeman : The True Story of a Slave Who Won Her Freedom
(Avisson Young Adult Series) by Mary Wilds
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"In 1781, a black slave, MumBet (aka Elizabeth Freeman), heard the Declaration of Independence read at a town meeting in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The next day she went to a local attorney and asked him to file a lawsuit demanding her freedom. Two years later, MumBet won her lawsuit and became a free woman. Her trial helped set the legal precedents that ended slavery in New England. This brief biography gives the basics of MumBet's life and describes the troubled times in which she lived. There are tantalizing glimpses of a remarkable woman of action--a woman who dared to defy her cruel mistress and was scarred for life with a red-hot shovel as a result; a woman who foiled looters during Shay's Rebellion; a woman who made a new life for herself. Young adults will remember MumBet and her passionate outburst: "Any time, any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it, just to stand one minute on God's earth a free woman, I would." Bibliography with primary and secondary sources; end notes. Jean Franklin Copyright© 1999, American Library Association. All rights reserved"
This book was published in June 1999 and can be purchased by clicking above on title above for amazon.com or below for barnes and noble.com:
MUMBET : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ELIZABETH FREEMAN : THE TRUE STORY OF A SLAVE WHO WON HER FREEDOM