Jenny Cumfry Williams (Q491629)
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HC-PER-73479
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Jenny Cumfry Williams
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Statements
Slave
Freedman / Freedwoman
Jenny (Cumfry) Williams
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Williams may have been the first person whose freedom was purchased by a community. Her case is an early example of antislavery sentiment in Massachusetts.