Not much stood in Mary Ann ... of people at large,” said Shannon Prince, curator of the Buxton National Historic Site and Museum, near Chatham, and a distant relative of Shadd Cary.

Descendants of Mary Ann Shadd Cary gathered at the unveiling of her statue in Windsor, Ontario. (Jacob Barker/CBC) Prior to her arrival in Canada, Shadd Cary taught in New Jersey, Pennsylvania ...

Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, and Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, introduced on Feb. 26 House Resolution 5972, the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act, to designate the post ...

Originally published on Dec. 7, 2023. Mary Ann Shadd Cary left a remarkable legacy in Canada's history. Yet many people have never heard of her. Black communities have kept her story alive ...

Mary Ann Camberton Shadd (later Shadd Cary) was a pioneering Black educator, among her many roles. In the 1840s, Shadd taught at a segregated school for African American children in Norristown ...