The Formerly Enslaved Woman Who Built a Legacy of Light
In 1856, Biddy Mason walked out of a Los Angeles courtroom a free woman. She had been enslaved for decades, carried across the American frontier...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 112:1-10.
In 1856, Biddy Mason walked out of a Los Angeles courtroom a free woman. She had been enslaved for decades, carried across the American frontier on foot, and owned nothing but her faith in the Almighty. Within ten years, she had saved enough from her work as a midwife and nurse to purchase property on Spring Street — becoming one of the first Black women to own land in Los Angeles.…
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