Mumbet's Declaration of Independence
Author: Woelfle, Gretchen
ISBN: 9780761365891
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 32
Dimensions: 248mm x 248mm x
Format: Hardback
Description:
Inspirational story of how one slave gained her freedom through legal means at a time when slavery was legal.
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era-in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free. She has no picture book to her name. Backmatter provides further information about Mumbet's story as well as the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780.
ISBN: 9780761365891
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 32
Dimensions: 248mm x 248mm x
Format: Hardback
Description:
Inspirational story of how one slave gained her freedom through legal means at a time when slavery was legal.
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era-in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free. She has no picture book to her name. Backmatter provides further information about Mumbet's story as well as the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780.
