Mary ann shadd cary biography of michael
Provincial freeman.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
(1823-1893)
Who Was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?
Abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd Cary became the first female African American newspaper editor in North America when she started the Black newspaper The Provincial Freemen.
Mary ann shadd cary biography of michael
Later in life, she became the second African American woman in the United States to earn a law degree.
Early Life
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was born Mary Ann Shadd on October 9, 1823, in Wilmington, Delaware. The eldest of 13 children, Shadd Cary was born into a free African American family.
Her father worked for the abolitionist newspaper called the Liberator run by famed abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and provided help to escaped enslaved people as a member of the Underground Railroad. Shadd Cary would grow up to follow in her father's footsteps.
Along with her abolitionist activities, she became the first female African American newspaper editor in North America.
Shadd Cary was educated at a Quaker school in Pennsylvania, and she later start