What aspects of Mum Bett does the illustration highlight?
A.
deep depression
B.
joyousness
C.
quiet strength
D.
severe anger
3 answers
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The Courage of Mum Bett
Around the year 1742, a woman named Elizabeth was born a slave. She had no last name. She and her younger sister Lizzie grew up in the household of Pieter Hogeboom. He was a Dutch landowner in the Hudson Valley of New York State. Elizabeth and Lizzie were either sold or given to the Ashley family of Sheffield, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth lived in the Ashley household for about thirty years. Few documents give information about her early life. Records state that she married and had a child. By that time, she was known as “Mum Bett,” and her daughter was called “Little Bett.” Her husband fought in the American Revolution and was probably killed in battle.
The Massachusetts constitution, adopted in 1780, included a statement called the Sheffield Declaration. It said, “Mankind in a State of Nature are equal, free, and independent of each other, and have a right to the undisturbed Enjoyment of their lives, their Liberty and Property.”
No one knows just how Mum Bett learned about this statement. Some sources say she overheard a discussion about it when serving at the family table or working around the house. Others say she heard the Sheffield Declaration read aloud at the village meetinghouse. Either way, the statement made her think about the injustice of slavery.
No one is sure, either, what drove Mum Bett to act. One story claims that Mrs. Ashley discovered that Mum Bett’s sister Lizzie had made a cake for herself. Furious, she tried to strike Lizzie with a hot shovel. Unafraid, Mum Bett pushed Lizzie aside. The shovel hit her own arm instead of Lizzie’s, injuring and burning it.
Mum Bett left the Ashley house and refused to return. The Ashleys tried to use the law to bring her back. At that time, slavery was legal in Massachusetts. Mum Bett went to a lawyer named Theodore Sedgewick, who was known for his anti-slavery views. She asked him to help file a lawsuit for her freedom. Sedgewick agreed. Since the state constitution was now law, Sedgewick claimed that Ashley was acting unlawfully by enslaving Mum Bett.
The case was tried in 1781. In August of that year, Sedgewick won the case. The court fined Ashley, and Mum Bett was freed. Other similar cases were tried in Massachusetts. Finally, in 1783, slavery was outlawed in the state—more than eighty years before slavery was banned in the country as a whole.
Mum Bett took the last name Freeman and went to work as a paid servant for the Sedgewicks. She stayed with them until she was able to buy her own house. The family loved and relied on her. Mum Bett died in 1829 and is buried in the Sedgewick family burial plot.
Mum Bett Freeman could not read or write. She never had the opportunity to become educated, but she had strong beliefs, and she was courageous. Without Mum Bett’s daring and inspiring efforts, the Massachusetts law allowing slavery would have remained unchanged. Thousands of men and women would have continued living in slavery for years more.
The Courage of Mum Bett
Around the year 1742, a woman named Elizabeth was born a slave. She had no last name. She and her younger sister Lizzie grew up in the household of Pieter Hogeboom. He was a Dutch landowner in the Hudson Valley of New York State. Elizabeth and Lizzie were either sold or given to the Ashley family of Sheffield, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth lived in the Ashley household for about thirty years. Few documents give information about her early life. Records state that she married and had a child. By that time, she was known as “Mum Bett,” and her daughter was called “Little Bett.” Her husband fought in the American Revolution and was probably killed in battle.
The Massachusetts constitution, adopted in 1780, included a statement called the Sheffield Declaration. It said, “Mankind in a State of Nature are equal, free, and independent of each other, and have a right to the undisturbed Enjoyment of their lives, their Liberty and Property.”
No one knows just how Mum Bett learned about this statement. Some sources say she overheard a discussion about it when serving at the family table or working around the house. Others say she heard the Sheffield Declaration read aloud at the village meetinghouse. Either way, the statement made her think about the injustice of slavery.
No one is sure, either, what drove Mum Bett to act. One story claims that Mrs. Ashley discovered that Mum Bett’s sister Lizzie had made a cake for herself. Furious, she tried to strike Lizzie with a hot shovel. Unafraid, Mum Bett pushed Lizzie aside. The shovel hit her own arm instead of Lizzie’s, injuring and burning it.
Mum Bett left the Ashley house and refused to return. The Ashleys tried to use the law to bring her back. At that time, slavery was legal in Massachusetts. Mum Bett went to a lawyer named Theodore Sedgewick, who was known for his anti-slavery views. She asked him to help file a lawsuit for her freedom. Sedgewick agreed. Since the state constitution was now law, Sedgewick claimed that Ashley was acting unlawfully by enslaving Mum Bett.
The case was tried in 1781. In August of that year, Sedgewick won the case. The court fined Ashley, and Mum Bett was freed. Other similar cases were tried in Massachusetts. Finally, in 1783, slavery was outlawed in the state—more than eighty years before slavery was banned in the country as a whole.
Mum Bett took the last name Freeman and went to work as a paid servant for the Sedgewicks. She stayed with them until she was able to buy her own house. The family loved and relied on her. Mum Bett died in 1829 and is buried in the Sedgewick family burial plot.
Mum Bett Freeman could not read or write. She never had the opportunity to become educated, but she had strong beliefs, and she was courageous. Without Mum Bett’s daring and inspiring efforts, the Massachusetts law allowing slavery would have remained unchanged. Thousands of men and women would have continued living in slavery for years more.
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