Mary Ann Shadd came of mixed white and black (or, in her own word, colored) American heritage on both maternal and paternal sides. Her paternal great-grandfather came originally from Germany. The family was economically...
Cultural formation
Alice Walker
Raised as a Christian
in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
, AW
had an inclination towards the natural, the mystic, and the metaphysical. During the decline of her marriage she became a regular tarot card...
Cultural formation
Frances E. W. Harper
She was born into a free black family, but was subjected of course to the oppressive influence which bond and free alike endured under slave laws.
Still, William. The Underground Railroad. Arno Press, 1968.
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A witness at one of her lectures described...
Occupation
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
On 23 March 1853 Shadd closed her school after the American Missionary Association
withdrew its financial support. At a committee meeting earlier that year, the Association found that Shadd's lack of Christian evangelism violated their...