Mary ann shadd biography
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Mary Ann Shadd
| American black rights activist Date of Birth: 09.10.1823 Country: USA |
Biography of Mary Ann Shadd
Mary Ann Shadd Carey was born on October 9, 1823, in Wilmington, Delaware.
Mary ann shadd biography
Her parents, Abraham and Harriett Shadd, were free African American citizens. Mary Ann was the oldest of thirteen siblings. Her father played a key role in the functioning of the Underground Railroad, a system that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom.
He was also an agent for the abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator," founded by William Lloyd Garrison.
At the age of ten, Mary Ann and her family moved from Delaware to West Chester, Pennsylvania, so that the children could receive an education in a school provided by the international religious movement of Quakers.
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She remained at this educational institution for six years before returning to Wilmington. In 1840, Shadd returned to West Chester and helped open a school for African American students. She also taught