A free woman of God's earth ; the true story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman the slave who won her freedom
Laiz, Jana
A free woman of God's earth ; the true story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman the slave who won her freedom / Jana Laiz and Ann-Elizabeth Barnes : illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers - The Berkshires, MA : Crow Flies Press , 2009 - 119 p. : illus. ; 19 cm.
Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against her owner, the richest man in town?
English.
9780981491028
Freeman, Elizabeth "Mumbet" (1744? - 1829)
African Americans----Biography
Slavery---History---United States---18th century
Slaves---America----History
Massachusetts---History
JUV 92 FRE
A free woman of God's earth ; the true story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman the slave who won her freedom / Jana Laiz and Ann-Elizabeth Barnes : illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers - The Berkshires, MA : Crow Flies Press , 2009 - 119 p. : illus. ; 19 cm.
Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against her owner, the richest man in town?
English.
9780981491028
Freeman, Elizabeth "Mumbet" (1744? - 1829)
African Americans----Biography
Slavery---History---United States---18th century
Slaves---America----History
Massachusetts---History
JUV 92 FRE