Elizabeth Key Grinstead (or Greenstead) (1630 – January 20, 1665) was one of the first black people of the Thirteen Colonies to sue for freedom from slavery and win. Key won her freedom and that of her infant son John Grinstead on July 21, 1656, in the colony of Virginia.
You can find people similar to Elizabeth Key Grinstead by visiting our lists 17th-century African-American women and 17th-century American slaves.
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