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# Elizabeth Freeman Successfully Sues for Her Freedom
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-american-revolution/extras/elizabeth-freeman-successfully-sues-for-her-freedom-wfc1zz/
- Published: 2025-11-13T15:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-12T20:14:19.000Z
- Description: Mumbet, later known as Elizabeth Freeman, would help bring an end to slavery in Massachusetts.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The American Revolution, #ZZZ_Show_f16516f8-e9bd-49d8-b49b-96781c68070a, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_039492b3-4762-4a77-b467-9c06d740f18b, #extra

When Mumbet, an enslaved woman in Massachusetts, gets struck by her mistress with a shovel, she leaves and refuses to return. She successfully sues for her freedom, helping to bring an end to slavery in that state. Mumbet would change her name to Elizabeth Freeman and serve as a healer, nurse, and midwife to her neighbors.