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Title: Teaching About Slavery and the Law: The Freedom Suit of Elizabeth Key and Institution of Partus Sequitur Ventrem in Colonial Virginia.
Authors: Cerjak, Matthew1,2
Source: Social Education. Nov/Dec2024, Vol. 88 Issue 6, p386-390. 5p.
Abstract: From the time the first enslaved Africans arrived in the colony of Virginia in 1619 until the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, enslaved people challenged the institution of slavery through a variety of avenues. As is commonly taught, they absconded, resisted, and revolted. What is lesser known, however, is that thousands of enslaved individuals sued for their freedom. These lawsuits, aptly referred to as "freedom suits," were pivotal moments both personally and generationally as, on one hand, victory meant emancipation for oneself and sometimes one's family but also, on the other, it created precedent that was relied upon by successive enslaved litigants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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