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BEARDEN, JIM AND BUTLER, LINDA JEAN Shadd: The Life and Times of Mary Shadd Cary
Toronto, NC Press Ltd. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0 919600 74 3) Pictorial Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing, faint creasing to spine; occasional ink bracket in margin. Very clean, sound copy. 233 pages plus unpaged Index; detailed Bibliography; Chapter Footnotes. Illustrated in black and white with reproductions of historic photographs, drawings, sketches, map. The story of an exceptional woman in nineteenth century North America: the first black woman to found and edit a weekly newspaper ("The Provincial Freeman" in Canada West) during the 1850s; an early and vigorous advocate of women's rights; one of the first black women to lecture in public; a lifetime educator; a recruiting officer during the American Civil War; one of very few black women to practice law, beginning her legal career at the age of 60; an abolitionist whose activities involved her with many renowned figures of the day. Uncommon. Very Good/No Jacket (as published).
Offered for US$ 28.00 by: Literacy Nanaimo - Book number: 001393
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