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Elizabeth Freeman, the Formerly Enslaved Woman Who Successfully Sued for Her Freedom
The young lawyer agreed to represent her ... Mum Bett changed her name to the one we know now: Elizabeth Freeman. She later ...
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Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett)
Elizabeth Freeman was probably born in 1742 ... she called on Theodore Sedgewick, a lawyer from Stockbridge who had anti-slavery sentiments, and asked for his help to sue for her freedom.