Though Held Captive In A Free State, She Plotted Her Freedom
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Her feet were blistered from the long walk to their new home. But California was a free state, and she would soon join other residents as a free woman – or so she thought.
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| 0:27.8 | slash UK slash AI for people. Her feet were blistered from the long walk to their new home. |
| 0:37.0 | But California was a free state and she would soon join other residents as a free woman. |
| 0:42.3 | Or so she thought. |
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| 0:53.3 | After walking behind a 300-wagon caravan for 1,700 miles, |
| 0:59.0 | where she was forced to perform back-breaking labor each day, |
| 1:03.5 | Biddy Mason finally arrived in California. |
| 1:07.1 | A free state, she'd waited a long time for freedom. Unfortunately, it would not last. |
| 1:17.6 | She had arrived in California with her enslaver, Robert Smith. He refused to release Mason |
| 1:24.6 | and her three daughters even in a free state. |
| 1:28.3 | Mason felt powerless. What could she do? |
| 1:32.3 | After five years of illegal enslavement, |
| 1:36.3 | Mason finally confronted Smith, demanding freedom, |
| 1:40.3 | but he was already planning to move his family |
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