Road To Freedom | Elizabeth Freeman’s Journey Out Of Slavery – Bett vs. Ashley

THE CHRONICLES OF HISTORY

Slavery had been deeply intertwined into the economy of the 18th century American colonies.  This is the story of a slave in the home of Colonel Ashley and how she used the U.S Revolution to sue for freedom and won her case against the state of Massachusetts.

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