“There was no recourse for her until she made the recourse herself.” —Jasmine Holmes

In this episode of Carved in Ebony, Jasmine Holmes and Abena Boakyewa-Ansah highlight the life of Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman living in Massachusetts during the time of the Revolutionary War. Freeman became the first woman in Massachusetts to successfully sue for her own freedom. Her self-advocacy helped pave the way for Massachusetts to become a free state.

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