She was born Isabella Baumfree (Bomefree) a slave in upstate New York circa 1797 and died November 26, 1883. She had 5 children. Smithsonian magazine named her among the 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time. She escaped to freedom in 1826 with only one of her children. In 1828 she became the first black […]

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