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Mary Anne Shadd, woman publisher in the 1850s. And black. From the page: "During the 1850s, Mary was one of the most outspoken anti-slavery activist in the region. She felt strongly that "caste" or segregated institutions were inappropriate in a free country and only contributed... more
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Rated by moritherapy on Nov 25 2008, 8:42pm
Mary Anne Shadd, woman publisher in the 1850s. And black. From the page: "During the 1850s, Mary was one of the most outspoken anti-slavery activist in the region. She felt strongly that "caste" or segregated institutions were inappropriate in a free country and only contributed to racial discrimination. Mary believed that integration was the surest route to "race improvement" of Canadian blacks. To promote these views, Mary helped found the Provincial Freeman, a weekly newspaper for the black community of Upper Canada that began publication in 1853. Although listed on the masthead as "M.A. Shadd, Publishing Agent," in reality Mary was the editor of the paper. In 1854 Mary decided to correct the "misapprehension" that M.A. Shadd was a man. "It was," she wrote,"a mistake occasioned, no doubt, by the habit we have of using initials. We would simply correct, for the future, our error, by giving here the name in full (Mary A. Shadd) as we do not like the Mr. and Esq., by which we are so often addressed." This revelation unleashed a wave of "sex discrimination" that threatened to close the Provincial Freeman. Mary urged readers not to abandon their support of the paper simply because "it had editors of the unfortunate sex."
