When John Ashley appealed to the law to force her to return, Mum Bett sought the counsel of Theodore Sedgwick, an abolitionist-minded lawyer, who in turn enlisted the aid of Tapping Reeve, the founder of America's first law school.
Sedgwick then enlisted the aid of Tapping Reeve, the founder of America's first law school. When John Ashley appealed to the law to force her to return, Mum Bett sought the counsel of Theodore Sedgwick, an abolitionist-minded lawyer.
When John Ashley appealed to the law to force her to return, Mum Bett sought the counsel of Theodore Sedgwick, an abolitionist-minded lawyer. Sedgwick then enlisted the aid of Tapping Reeve, the founder of America's first law school.
When John Ashley appealed to the law to force her to return, Mum Bett sought the counsel of Theodore Sedgwick, an abolitionist-minded lawyer. Sedgwick then enlisted the aid of Tapping Reeve, the founder of America's first law school.