On Aug. 22, 1781, a jury in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, found in favor of “Mum Bett,” a Black woman who had been a slave in the home of Col. John Ashley for at least 30 years.
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On Aug. 22, 1781, a jury in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, found in favor of “Mum Bett,” a Black woman who had been a slave in the home of Col. John Ashley for at least 30 years.