Who was Mary Ann Shadd Cary?

Learn more about the life of abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first female African-American newspaper editor in North America, at Biography.com. read more

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was an active abolitionist and the first female African-American newspaper editor in North America. Synopsis Born in Delaware in 1823, abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd Cary became the first female African-American newspaper editor in North America when she started the black newspaper The Provincial Freemen. read more

Mary Ann Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada. read more

Photo of Mary Ann Shadd Cary Photo courtesy of National Archives of Canada, C-029977 Writer, educator, lawyer, abolitionist and the first black newspaperwoman in North America, Mary Ann Shadd Cary lived in this brick row house from 1881 to 1885. read more