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title: "2 Elizabeth Freeman Quotes"
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# 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 to be inconsistent with the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts. Her suit, Brom and Bett v. Ashley (

##  Quotes by Elizabeth Freeman

> [“To close read is to linger, to dally, to take pleasure in tarrying, and to hold out that these activities can allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-freeman/to-close-read-is-to-linger-to-dally-to-take-pleasure-in-tarrying-and/)

[Elizabeth Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-freeman/)

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> [“Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-freeman/any-time-while-i-was-a-slave-if-one-minute-s-freedom-had-been-offered/)

[Elizabeth Freeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-freeman/)

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