Mary Ann Shadd Cary fonds (F 1409)

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Mary Ann Shadd Cary fonds (F 1409)

[Microfilmed 1986] (originally created 1851-1889)

https://aims.archives.gov.on.ca/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/DESCRIPTION_WEB/WEB_DESC_DET?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=sisn%201081

Fonds consists of letters received by and, in some case, written by Mary Ann Shadd Cary during her time living in present day Ontario. It also includes business records and lecture notes, as well as copies of articles written by Shadd Cary on such topics as supporting integrated schools, fighting segregation and the political stance taken by Provincial Freeman editorial staff.

1 reel of microfilm (textual records)

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SNAC Resource ID: 11675367

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Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v706t7 (person)

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 i...