the General Court of Massachusetts to organize settlements along the Housatonic River. When Hogeboom died in 1758, Lizzie and her were taken to the house of Hannah and her husband, she was about fourteen at the time. Her slave name was Bett, she was called Mum Bett in her adulthood, and eventually became Elizabeth Freeman. About this time, John Ashley became a very important figure in Sheffield, Massachusetts, which is a large slice of western Massachusetts and would later be known as Berkshire County
African American Women African American women had a great contribution to the American Revolution even though they were still enslaved after America’s Independence from the British. Through literature and bravery African American Women were able to make a difference in their life. These actions of African American women brought them the freedom they always deserved by not having to be anyone’s slave anymore. During the American Revolution Phillis Wheatley and Elizabeth Freeman’s actions affected