Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

An enslaved woman in 18th century Massachusetts overheard all the talk about freedom and equality and decided it should be put to the test.  On August 22, 1781, a court found the woman known as Mum Bett, later as Elizabeth Freeman, could not be the property of another human being and therefore was free and equal.  Plus: someone in Sheffield, England, is stapling bread to trees, because internet.  Jury Decides in Favor of Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman (MassMoments.org) Sheffield residents don't know whether to laugh or cry at slices of bread being stapled to trees on their streets (Leeds Live) Make yourself a backer of Cool Weird Awesome on Patreon for just $1 a month! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message