Mumbet's Declaration of Independence

Title
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence

Author
Woelfle, Gretchen author.

ISBN
9780761365891

Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Reading Level
640 L Lexile

Personal Subject
Freeman, Elizabeth, 1744?-1829

Subject Term
Enslaved women -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
 
Enslaved persons -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
 
African American women -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
 
Slavery -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.

Geographic Term
Massachusetts -- Biography.

Added Author
Delinois, Alix,

Summary
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Oakdale LibraryJ 306.362 WOENonfiction Collection
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)PICTURE BOOK WOEChildren's Picture Books
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)J 306.362 WOENonfiction Collection