Learn more about Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman whose court case set the legal precedent to abolish slavery in Massachusetts. This video is adapted from the life story of Elizabeth Freeman in the New-York Historical Society’s Women & the American Story curriculum.
The video was produced by the New-York Historical Society’s Teen Leaders interns in collaboration with the Untold project.
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