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Mumbet's Declaration of Independence

by Gretchen Woelfle

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Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.
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This is the true story of Mother Betty (Mumbet), a slave who believed that the words in the Declaration of Independence should apply to her and that she should be free. She bravely visited a lawyer, who helped her bring her case to the court. The author's note at the end of the book offers additional historical facts about Elizabeth Freeman (the name Mumbet chose for herself) and her daughter. ( )
  wichitafriendsschool | Jul 10, 2020 |
There was a women name Mumbet. She did not have a last name because
she was a slave. Colonel John Ashley was a rich man in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He owned many things he also owned Mumbet. The Colonel’s wife, Mrs Ashley owed the sharpest tongue and she made fun of Mumbet she called her names like Useless baggage, stubborn wench, and Dumb creature. but Mumbet didn't listen. Mumbet also had a daughter she was starting to lose hope but Mumbet how they're like a mountain, strong and steady. How the mountain range tries to wither down the mountain but it doesn't Mumbet daughter Lizzy regains hope. Mumbet looking at the running water all she can think of was freedom.
in my opinion this book was very inspiring ( )
  dorianm.b2 | Jan 15, 2019 |
The true story about a slave named Mumbet, who successfully sued for her own freedom in 1781 Massachusetts. Intense and inspiring. ( )
  Sullywriter | May 22, 2015 |
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