Elizabeth Freeman (Mumbet)
Mum Bett was born in 1742 to enslaved parents in Claverack, NY. Her master was a Dutchman named Pieter Hogeboom. Colonel John Ashley of Sheffield, Massachusetts acquired Mum Bett and her sister, Lizzy, from their owner when he married Hogeboom's daughter, Hannah. While in the house one day Ashley, attempted to strike Mum Bet's sister, Lizzy, with a heated kitchen shovel. Mum Bett interceded and received a blow to the arm from which she never regained full use. Afterwards, she left the Ashley house and refused to return. Mum Bett worked as a server during a committee meeting and listened' while committee members talked about the Bill of R
This case was later used as a precedent for other cases and contributed to the termination of slavery in Massachusetts. She was the first enslaved African American to sue for her freedom and win. She believed in freedom and was willing to fight for it. She exceeded when she was expected to fail. She may have been the spark to the fire that ignited her great-grandson W. She heard him speak out against slavery while at Ashley's home and was able to persuade him to take the case. She appealed to Theodore Sedgewick, a lawyer from Stockbridge. Brom & Bett vs Ashley was argued before a county court. Mom Bett changed her name to Elizabeth Freeman and worked as a paid Domestic helper in the Sedgewick household until her death December 28, 1829. Massachusetts and committee member to represent her in her judicial quest for freedom. ights and the new state constitution, she decided that if all people were born free and equal then she deserved to be free also.
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