Elizabeth Freeman was probably born in 1742 ... Ashley was argued before a county court. The jury ruled in favor of Bett and Brom, making them the first enslaved African Americans to be freed ...

A federal judge has removed from bankruptcy court a slew of disputes over whether Texas law firm Jackson Walker LLP must ...

Sedgwick obtained a court order (writ of replevin ... Mum Bett changed her name to the one we know now: Elizabeth Freeman.

A Berkshire County icon is one of two women to be honored with a bust in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber for the first time ...

Theodore Sedgwick, a prominent Stockbridge lawyer, and Connecticut attorney Tapping Reeve represented her in court ... she chose the name Elizabeth Freeman. She started getting paid for her ...