Mum Bett

Mum Bett

female, deceased (1829)
W.E.B. DuBois, Nurse, Brom and Bett v. Ashley, all men are born free and equal, MassachusettsConstitutionof1780, Bill of Rights…from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, abolition of slavery
Mum Bett, later known as Elizabeth Freeman, was born to New York slaves in Claverack, New York, circa 1742. At the age of six months she and her...