Mary Ann Shadd, abolitionist and first Black female newspaper publisher, included in 2024 Canada Post stamps
Mary Ann Shadd, North America's first Black female newspaper publisher who lived in Windsor, Ont., will be featured on a stamp in 2024.
Canada Post said the stamp will be issued ahead of Black History Month as part of its 2024 lineup.
Shadd was an influential abolitionist who lived in Windsor and published The Provincial Freeman, Canada's first anti-slavery newspaper. She was born in 1823 and in 1851, her family moved to Ontario, preparing to welcome Black people to Canada through the Underground Railroad.
She opened a school for Black and white students in Windsor on the grounds of what is now Windsor city hall.
Shadd died in June 1893 in Washington, D.C., according to the Canadian Encyclopedia.
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