| Devoted to anti-slavery, temperance and general literature. | |
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| Founder(s) | Mary Ann Shadd Cary |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Mary Ann Shadd Cary Samuel Ringgold Ward Isaac Shadd |
| Founded | March 24, 1853 |
| Political alignment | Abolitionist |
| Ceased publication | September 20, 1857 |
| City | Windsor, Ontario (1853-1854) Toronto, Ontario (1854-1855) Chatham, Ontario (1855-1957) |
The Provincial Freeman was a Canadian weekly newspaper founded by Mary Ann Shadd that published from 1853 through 1857. She was married to Thomas F. Cary in 1856, becoming Mary Ann Shadd Cary.[1] It was the first newspaper published by an African-American female and Canada's first by a woman of any ethnicity.[2] The paper's motto was "Devoted to anti-slavery, temperance, and general literature."[3]
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