All right, y'all, on today's episode, if I didn't know, maybe you didn't either.

Let's talk about someone you probably didn't learn about in school.

Biddy Mason.

And if you're like, who's Biddy Mason?

Don't worry.

In the words of the great Michael Jackson, you are not alone.

History books really be out here acting like they on a budget for black excellence, don't they?

I didn't know. Maybe you didn't need. History books really be out here acting like they on a budget for black excellence, don't they? So Biddy Mason, born in 1818 enslaved in Georgia.

And listen, they didn't even give her a last name. Just Biddy.

It's like naming someone, hey you.

The disrespect started at birth in those periods.

Anyways, Biddy gets dragged across the country by her enslavers, ends up in California.

And guess what? Slavery was illegal there.

But do you think her owner cared?

Of course not.

Colonizer from the South pretty much acted like he was immune to the California laws.

Now, Biddy, with no last name, could have stayed quiet.

But nah, she was a black woman.

You know, that wasn't happening.

She went to court.

And y'all, in 1856, she won her freedom and her kids' freedom.

Now, let's just pause on that for a second.

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