Mary Ann Shadd
Mary Ann Shadd Cary | |
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| Born | Mary Ann Shadd October 9, 1823 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | June 5, 1893 (aged 69) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Columbian Harmony Cemetery |
| Occupation | Anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, lawyer |
| Alma mater | Howard University (School of Law) |
| Spouse |
Thomas F. Cary
(m. 1856; died 1860) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Abraham D. Shadd Harriet Burton Parnell |
| Relatives | Eunice P. Shadd (sister), Isaac Shadd (brother), Garrison W. Shadd (brother) |
Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.[1][2] She was also the second black woman to go to law school in the United States. Mary Shadd created the newspaper Provincial Freeman in 1853. It supported equality, integration, and self-education for black people in Canada and the United States.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "The Provincial Freeman". Archives of Ontario. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Mary Ann Shadd Cary (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- ↑ "Mary Ann Shadd Cary". A&E Networks Television. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ↑ Hill, Daniel G. (Spring–Summer 1982). "The Black Press". Polyphony: The Bulletin of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario. 4 (1): 43. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2013.