I think it's important for Black US folks to realize how important they are to our histories elsewhere.

To start we have Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (1823-1893).

First Woman to publish a newspaper in Canada.

First Black woman publisher in North America.

First racially integrated school for Black Refugees in Windsor, Canada.

https://vitacollections.ca/multiculturalontario/476/exhibit/10

#AbolitionistsGetThingsDone

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I think it's important for Black US folks to realize how important they are to our histories elsewhere.

To start we have Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (1823-1893).

First Woman to publish a newspaper in Canada.

First Black woman publisher in North America.

First racially integrated school for Black Refugees in Windsor, Canada.

https://vitacollections.ca/multiculturalontario/476/exhibit/10

#AbolitionistsGetThingsDone

#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #BlackCanadianHistory #BlackAmericanHistory #History