Born into a family of social reformers, the radical activist Mary Ann Shadd Cary almost singlehandedly led the immigration of Black Americans across the United States border.

Here we retell only a fraction of this extraordinary trailblazer's epic life.

Resources

1. Dennie, Nneka D. (Ed.) “Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist.” New York, NY, Oxford University, 2023.
2. Rhodes, Jane. "Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century." Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2023.
3. Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn. “African American Woman and the Struggle for the Vote, 1850 - 1920,” Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press,1998.
4. Yee, Shirley J. “Finding a Place: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Dilemmas of Black Migration to Canada, 1850-1870.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1–16. JSTOR, 1997.

“Black Suffragist in the Spotlight” is written and produced by Jennifer Rolle. Music selection “Passage” is by Moija (Uppbeat); “Future” and “Good Feelings” are by Aleksandr Shamaluev. The cover art featuring photographs of the activists Hallie Quinn Brown and Helen Nannie Boroughs are courtesy of the Library of Congress. Please send inquiries to theblacksuffragist@gmail.com and visit theblacksuffragist.net for future media events.