Death Over Cocktails

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

Jury Decides in Favor of Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman By Massmoments

Who Was Elizabeth Freeman? By Elizabeth Freeman Center

How Elizabeth Freeman Sued For Her Freedom—and Won by Abigail Higgins