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Freeman, Elizabeth (“Mum Bett”)

(c. 1744; d. 28 December 1829), the first enslaved black woman to successfully sue for her freedom,

Freeman, Elizabeth (“Mum Bett”)

(c. 1744; d. 28 December 1829), the first enslaved black woman to successfully sue for her freedom,

Taunya Lovell Banks

https://doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.44156
Published in print: 19 May 2005
Published online: 01 December 2006

A version of this article originally appeared in Black Women in America, 2nd ed.

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