freedom suit
lawsuits filed by enslaved people against slaveholders to assert their freedom, mainly in the Thirteen Colonies and the United States
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freedom suit
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Key Facts
- freedom suit is a type of lawsuit[1].
- freedom suit's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[2].
- freedom suit's has goal is recorded as emancipation[3].
- freedom suit's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[4].
- freedom suit's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[5].
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freedom suit is a type of lawsuit[1].