POST NEWS GROUP - She became the first female African-American newspaper editor in North America. Her work as a journalist was not spared criticism, as many disagreed with her views.| By Tamara Shiloh The eldest of 13 children, Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–1893) was born in Wilmington, Del. to a free African American family. She was raised in a household dedicated to the abolition of slavery. The Shadd home often served as a shelter for fugitive slaves. Young Mary’s father worked for the abolitionist newspaper Liberator, […]
