Born enslaved in Georgia, Bridget “Biddy” Mason traveled West from Mississippi to California, a so-called free state, with an LDS family during the Mormon migration. She eventually won her freedom in a landmark court case and became a celebrated entrepreneur and philanthropist. https://www.aclunc.org/sites/goldchains/explore/biddy-mason.html
(c1818-1881)
Born enslaved in Georgia, Bridget “Biddy” Mason traveled West from Mississippi to California, a so-called free state, with an LDS family during the Mormon migration. She eventually won her freedom in a landmark court case and became a celebrated entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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