Mary Ann Cary

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Mary Ann Cary (Shadd)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Death: June 05, 1893 (69)
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States (Stomach Cancer)
Place of Burial: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Abraham Doras Shadd and Harriett Shadd
Wife of Thomas F. Cary
Mother of Elizabeth Cary; Sarah Cary and Linton Cary
Sister of Elizabeth Williams Shreve; Isaac D. Shadd; Amelia Shadd; Joseph Shadd; Emeline Simpson and 9 others

Managed by: Janet Anne Petrak (Crawford) R1B
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About Mary Ann Cary

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and and one of the first black lawyers in the U.S. She was the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada.

She taught school in Chatham, ON, Canada, and became a journalist, taking over the Provincial Freeman in Windsor, ON, Canada. She was the eldest of 13 children of Abraham Shadd and Harriett Parnell.

Shadd Cary also assisted Osborne Perry Anderson in the writing of A Voice from Harper's Ferry.

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Mary Ann Cary's Timeline

1823
October 9, 1823
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
1857
1857
Canada
1858
1858
Chatham-Kent Division, Ontario, Canada
1859
1859
Chatham-Kent Division, Ontario, Canada
1893
June 5, 1893
Age 69
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
June 7, 1893
Age 69
Columbian Harmony Cemetery (Defunct), Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States