best children. and that was sarah. and then sara, my seven times great grandmother who changes the trajectory of her children in all of her descend into followed. there was a law back in 1705, that declared that all children that are enslaved or free, their condition would be based on whatever their mother was. remember, sara and best arrived free people. so sarah has a lawsuit that is filed, saying that we are free. this is the actual lawsuit filed by sarah. suing for her freedom, and for the freedom of her descendants. and that deposition? it was from a witness who saw mary and best arrive decades earlier. so in 1791, the court agreed with sara and her children and grandchildren and all of those relatives who were descendants of mary and bess. are gonna be free. that my ancestors, filed and
with sarah and her children and grandchildren and all of those relatives who were descendants of mary and bess are going to be free. that my ancestors filed and s sued for their freedom, it is remarkable. we re not done. we re not done. we re not done. okay. we re not done. let me get a kleenex, doctor i told you, have a box there. not all of sarah s family was freed. before the court s decision, sarah s enslavers illegally sold her daughter, rachael, and then rachael was sold again. and for the next 20 years, unaware of the court s ruling, rachael and her children remained in bondage. when she learned of the decision in 1807, more than a quarter century after her mother s groundbreaking lawsuit for freedom, rachael filed this lawsuit against her enslaver,
children and all her descendants who followed. there was a law back in 1705 that declared that all children that are enslaved or free, their condition would be based on whatever their mother was. remember, sarah and bess arrived free people. so sarah has a raw suit that s filed saying we re free. this is the actual lawsuit filed by sarah suing for her freedom and for the freedom of her descendants, and that deposition was from a witness who saw mary and bess arrive decades earlier. so in 1791 the court appear the can sarah and her chirp and grand chirp and all of those relatives who were descendants of mary and bess are going to be free. that my ancestors filed and sued for their freedom, it is