Amendment #357 to H4400

Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman Highway to Freedom

Mr. Pignatelli of Lenox moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XXXX. The section of United States highway route 7 in the town of Sheffield beginning at the intersection of U.S. route 7 and Silver Street and ending at the former home of Attorney Theodore Sedgwick located at 126 U.S. route 7 in Sheffield shall be designated and known as the Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman Highway to Freedom in recognition of Elizabeth Freeman, the first African-American woman to fight for her freedom through the Massachusetts judicial system and successfully claim her rights under the Massachusetts Constitution in 1781, setting a precedent for the abolition of slavery in the Commonwealth. The department of highways shall erect and maintain suitable markers bearing said designation.”

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Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman Highway to Freedom