Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Mary Ann Shadd Cary (b. Oct. 9, 1823, Wilmington, DE–d. June 5, 1893, Washington, D.C.) was the eldest of 13 children to Abraham Doras Shadd (1801–1882) and Harriet Burton Parnell, who were free African-Americans. Her father was a conductor in the Underground Railroad and Mary Ann grew up with many freedom-seekers in her house. The family moved to Pennsylvania and she attended a Quaker Boarding School before relocating to Ontario, Canada.
While in Windsor, Ontario, Mary Ann founded a racially integrated school with the support of the American Missionary Association, and published a pamphlet encouraging emigration of Blacks to Canada. She also ran an anti-slavery newspaper called The Provincial Freeman, which made her the first female editor in North America, in 1853. She married Thomas Fauntleroy Cary, a Toronto barber who was also involved with the Provincial Freeman in 1856 and had two children. After her husband's death in 1860, Mary Ann moved back to the United States.
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