Quock Walker
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Quock Walker, also known as Kwaku or Quork Walker, was an enslaved American who sued for and won his freedom suit case in June 1781. The court cited language in the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts
Chief Justice William Cushing
Elizabeth Freeman
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Elizabeth Freeman, also known as Mumbet, was one of the first slaves to file and win a freedom suit in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, ruling in Freeman's favor, found slavery
Quock Walker
…written primarily by John Adams with the help of several committees (who determined its contents), declared "all men are born free and equal." In 1781, Elizabeth Freeman, an enslaved woman also known as Mum Bett, sued for freedom and won in county court based on her claim that slavery was inconsistent with the state…
Portrait by Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick, c. 1812
Statue in Sheffield