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Elizabeth Mumbet, a slave in Massachusetts during the Revolutionary era, challenged her status by invoking the newly adopted Massachusetts Constitution. In 1781 she successfully pursued legal action to secure her liberty, demonstrating that the language of the nation’s founding documents extended to enslaved people as well.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Gretchen Woelfle
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