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Elizabeth Blakeley
1835–1919
United States
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Elizabeth "Betsey" Blakeley was a freedom seeker who escaped to Boston through the Underground Railroad. She was born enslaved in Wilmington, North Carolina and was mistreated by her enslaver, George W. Davis, British consul for Wilmington. At fifteen years old, Blakeley was determined to escape.
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