Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s Herstory in the Colored Conventions

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Curator: Dr. Brandi Locke. Created for ENGL/HIST 677, taught by P. Gabrielle Foreman, University of Delaware, Spring 2019.

Edited by P. Gabrielle Foreman, Nneka Dennie, Rachel Fernandes, and Samantha Q. de Vera.

Data Visualizations by Brandi Locke and Samantha Q. de Vera.

Proofread by Lauren Cooper, Wendyliz Martinez, Eden Mekonen, Courtney Murray, Gabrielle Sutherland, and Kaitlyn Tanis.

Additional contributions: Exhibit migration 2025-2026 by Eunice Toh, Penn State University; and Lauren Cooper, Penn State University.

Special thanks to Gale, a Cengage Company, and Accessible Archives Inc.® for granting permission for the use of the materials from 19th Century U.S. Newspapers and African American Newspapers: The 19th Century.

Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s Herstory in the Colored Conventions

An exhibit in the collection of the Colored Conventions Project

CITATION: Locke, Brandi.”Mary Ann Shadd Cary’s Herstory in the Colored Conventions.” Colored Conventions Project. 2023. https://coloredconventions.org/mary-ann-shadd-cary/.

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