Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants(后裔). One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the founder of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.

　　Mumbet’s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: “She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.”

　　51. What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?

　　A. She was born a slave

　　B. She was a slaveholder

　　C. She had a famous sister

　　D. She was born into a rich family

　　52. Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?

　　A. She found an employer

　　B. She wanted to be a lawyer

　　C. She was hit and got angry

　　D. She had to take care of her sister

　　53. What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution?

　　A. She should always obey her owners’ orders B. She should be as free and equal as whites

　　C. How to be a good servant

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