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A plea for emigration, or, Notes of Canada West by Mary Shadd is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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"Born to a free African-American family in Wilmington, Delaware, MaryAnn Shadd was the first of 13 children. Her father was an abolitionist and a conductor on the Underground Railroad. From an early age, Mary was exposed to the anti-slavery movement, where she developed a good grasp of the issues and honed her debating skills. As it was against the law to educate blacks in Delaware, the family moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania, where she attended a Quaker boarding school. At age 16, she return
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- Author
- Mary Shadd
- Publisher
- Toronto: Mercury Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781551280530
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Travel, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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