“Mary Ann Shadd Cary, African American teacher, journalist, lawyer, and suffragist, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on October 9, 1823, the oldest of 13 children. Her parents, Abraham Doras and Harriet Parnell Shadd, were elite free black activists. Her shoemaker father, an abolitionist, often hid runaway slaves in the family’s home. In 1832, Abraham was a state representative to the … Continue reading "Women’s History Month Mary Ann Shadd Cary"

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