Episode 19 The Lost History of Freemans Town and The Slave Woman Who Sued For Her Freedom
Death Over Cocktails · Keitha Hanks and Jess Daviss
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Show Notes
Hey ya'll welcome back to another episode of Death Over Cocktails! This week Jess will tell us about a piece of Houston history that had been hidden and practially erased from time, and Keitha will tell us about a ELizabeth Freeman the woman who sued her ensalver for her freedom and WON! Here is the link for the Freemans Town Conservancy https://houstonfreedmenstown.networkforgood.com/projects/148120-support-the-preservation-and-rebirth-of-freedmen-s-town
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Jess's Sources
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/freedmens-town-houston
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/fourth-ward-houston-texas-1839/
https://houstonfreedmenstown.org
https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/freedmens-town
https://houstonlibrary.org/aahrc
https://www.nps.gov/articles/freedmenstown-houston.htm
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/black-land-loss
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/freedmens-town-history-15621432.php
Keitha's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Freeman#:~:text=Elizabeth Freeman ( c.,the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts
Life Story: Elizabeth Freeman by New-York Historical Society
https://wams.nyhistory.org/colonies-and-revolution/the-american-revolution/elizabeth-freeman/
Jury Decides in Favor of Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman By Massmoments
https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/jury-decides-in-favor-of-elizabeth-mum-bett-freeman.html
Who Was Elizabeth Freeman? By Elizabeth Freeman Center
https://elizabethfreemancenter.org/who-we-are/elizabeth-freeman/
How Elizabeth Freeman Sued For Her Freedom—and Won by Abigail Higgins
https://www.history.com/articles/elizabeth-freeman-slavery-case-dred-scott-freedom