Mary Ann Shad 1823-1893

1. Mary Ann Shad1823-1893 Full Name: Mary Ann Shadd Cary D.O.B: October 9, 1823 Place of Birth: Wilmington, Delaware D.O.D: 1893 Place of Death: Washington D. C

2. Family/ Education Mary Ann was the eldest child of thirteen children born to Harriet and Abraham Shadd, established leaders in the free Black community. Her father was a key figure in the Underground Railroad and a subscription agent for William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator. When she was 10, the Shadd’s moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania. Attended a Quaker School for six years.

3. 1839-1850 In 1839 Mary began her teaching career for black kids, and continued until 1850.

4. Fugitive Slave Law1850 • Fugitive slave law: Mandated that states to which escaped slaves fled were obligated to return them to their masters upon their discovery and subjected persons who helped runaway slaves to criminal sanctions. • Affection General: Areas where enacted it violence occurred, other areas not much, disobeyed it. • On Family: Went to Canada to escape law. In 1851, she settled in Windsor and opened a school for black refugees.

5. Canada’s Black1860’s • Canada already had a lot of Blacks in the area due to the Underground Railroad system so when the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, even more went to Canada. • Joined abolitionists to fight against “begging agents”, and founded a school for black refugees.

6. Howard University Law School • When she was 46, Mary enrolled in Howard University Law School, she did this to become a lawyer and fight for women’s rights and against slavery.

7. Washington D.C 1874 • In 1874, Washington D.C, Mary Ann Shadd and 63 other women prepared testimony to present before the House Judiciary Committee in support of the women’s suffrage.

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