A Revolutionary Woman - Elizabeth Freeman and the Abolition of Slavery in the North

"At the end of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Freeman was an enslaved widow and mother living in Massachusetts. Hearing the words of the new Massachusetts state constitution which declared liberty and equality for all, she sought the help of a young lawyer named Theodore Sedgwick. The lawsuit that she and Sedgwick pursued would bring freedom to her and her daughter, as well as thousands of other enslaved people. After leaving her enslaver's family to work for the family of Theodore Sedgwick, she effectively became the foster mother to his seven children when his wife Pamela became a chronic invalid. Two of his sons would credit her with saving their lives. His daughter Catharine Maria Sedgwick, one of the most famous female novelists of the early decades of the nineteenth century, would make her the model for one of her most celebrated heroines"--

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Beginnings

¿2.¿"Which was the slave and which was the real mistress?"

¿3.¿Revolutions Near and Far

¿4.¿A New Life and America's Second Rebellion

¿5.¿Raising a Family and Building a Government

¿6.¿"The main pillar of our household"

¿7.¿A Brilliant Career, a Blind Eye

¿8.¿A Place of Her Own and a Long Goodbye

¿9.¿Big Decisions

10.¿A Mother to Them All

11.¿Sunset

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Donna Tesiero holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell, a law degree from Columbia, and master's degrees from Harvard and Lesley University. She lives in Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Donna Tesiero
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2024
• EAN: 9781476694535
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9453-5
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 268 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Black & Asian Studies, C 1700 To C 1800, HISTORY / African American & Black, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), Relating to African American / Black American people