Bridget "Biddy" Mason: From Slave to Businesswoman
- ISBN-10
- 0756518431
- ISBN-13
- 9780756518431
- Category
- African American midwives
- Pages
- 116
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-07
- Publisher
- Capstone
- Author
- Jean Kinney Williams
Description
A biography of the slave who won her freedom in a California courtroom, and bought a house that she used to help people in need as an ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
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