When the American founding formed from the professed creed that “all men are created equal,” it created the paradox of an ...
As American colonists put pen to paper to determine the freedoms of the new nation, Elizabeth Freeman dared to dream that the inalienable rights outlined in our founding documents could apply to her.
The story of an enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation had been pushed to the fringes of history. A group of civic leaders, ...
About 50 people gathered in Williamstown and marched up Spring Street for the last of six community Rise Together walks by the Elizabeth Freeman Center to bring attention to domestic and sexual ...