Mary Ann Shadd

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. 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.

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