Nancy Eve Cohen
Nancy Eve Cohen is a freelance reporter at New England Public Radio.
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Bett, later known as Mumbet and even later as Elizabeth Freeman, was enslaved in Sheffield, Massachusetts, in the mid-1700s.
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Elizabeth Freeman used the colonists' ideas of equality and independence to sue for her freedom. Her lawyer was Theodore Sedgwick, who would later become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Campaigning In New Hampshire, Deval Patrick Says The Race Isn't Up To Pollsters, 'It's Up To Voters'Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has wrapped up a three-day visit in New Hampshire. He took his presidential campaign Monday to a homeless...