Bridget ‘Biddy’ Mason had made her living as a nurse and midwife. Public domain photo. By Tamara Shiloh The state of California joined the Union in 1850 as a free state. But after spending five years enslaved there, Bridget “Biddy” Mason (1818–1891) challenged her owner, Robert Smith, for her […]
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