A Revolutionary Woman: Elizabeth Freeman and the Abolition of Slavery in the North

by Donna Tesiero

At the end of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Freeman was an enslaved widow and mother living in Massachusetts. Hearing the words of the new Massachusetts state constitution which declared liberty and equality for all, she sought the help of a young lawyer named Theodore Sedgwick, later Speaker of the House and one of America's leading Federalist politicians. The lawsuit that she and Sedgwick pursued would bring freedom to her and her daughter,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476694532
• ISBN13: 9781476694535
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"