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Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, al
Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, al
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Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholder. She became known as "Mumbet" or "Mum Bett".
For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley’s wife tried to strike Mumbet’s sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued for her freedom.
While serving die Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom—the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution.
Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Sedgewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants. One of her great-grandchildren was W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.
Mumbet’s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: "She was born a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal. "
What did Mumbet do after the trial?
选项
A、She founded the NAACP.
B、She chose to work for a lawyer.
C、She continued to serve the Ashleys.
D、She went to live with her grandchildren.
答案
B
解析
细节题。根据题干内容可定位至文章第四段,由该段前两句“Strangely enough.after the trial,the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee.She declined and instead went to work for Sedgewick.”可知,Mumbet在审判之后拒绝了阿什利一家的聘用,去为律师塞奇威克工作,故B选项为正确答案。
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