Elizabeth Freeman and the Telling of Black Stories
Friday, August 19th, 4pm
Dewey Memorial Hall, 91 Main Street Sheffield, MA 01257
Reception to follow
Suggested donation at the door
For more information contact:
The Du Bois Freedom Center: [email protected]
Dewey Hall: [email protected], 413 429 1322
The W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy will present a roundtable discussion on the life and legacy of Elizabeth Freeman, the first enslaved African American to successfully sue for her freedom in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Freeman never had an opportunity to tell her own story publicly, and subsequent interpretation has
