Chapter 6 of General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 15FFFFFFF the following section:-
Section 15GGGGGGG. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart August 22 as Elizabeth Freeman Day of Equality, Healing, and Remembrance, in recognition of the courageous contribution of Elizabeth Freeman, an illiterate and enslaved Black woman - Known in 1781 as "Mum Bett" - who sued for her freedom at great personal risk and won, and who's case, Brom and Bett v. Ashley, was a spark that ignited the legal end of slavery in Massachusetts by demonstrating the power of the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution, which declares that all are born free and equal.
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