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Elizabeth Freeman, also known as Mumbet, was a formerly enslaved woman whom Theodore Sedgwick had represented in a lawsuit against her enslaver. 1.000

👤 Penelope Green 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal History , Slavery , Historical Figure

Simplified: Elizabeth Freeman, also known as Mumbet, was a formerly enslaved woman whom Theodore Sedgwick represented in a lawsuit against her enslaver.

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1 week ago
W. Caleb McDaniel won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2020 for his story of a former slave’s fight for justice in post-Civil War America. 1.000

👤 Bret Stephens 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Awards , Civil War , Slavery

Simplified: W. Caleb McDaniel won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 2020 for his story of a former slave’s fight for justice in post-Civil War America.

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1 week ago
Gayle Jessup White's 2021 book drew on oral histories, census records, and letters to show descent through Thomas Jefferson’s great-great-grandson Moncure Robinson Taylor and Rachael Robinson, an ensl... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Publication , Slavery , Thomas Jefferson , Genealogy

Simplified: Gayle Jessup White's 2021 book used oral histories, census records, and letters to trace her descent through Thomas Jefferson’s great-great-grandson M...

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2 weeks ago
Some scholars believe that Brontë was using Heathcliff to comment on the Liverpool slave trade. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Literature , Interpretation , Slavery

Simplified: Some scholars believe Brontë was using Heathcliff to comment on the Liverpool slave trade.

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7 months ago