Margaret L. Bailey | |
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| Born | Margaret Lucy Shands December 12, 1812 Sussex County, Virginia, US |
| Died | 1888 |
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | writer, poet, lyricist; newspaper editor, publisher |
| Subject | abolition |
| Spouse | Gamaliel Bailey (m. 1833) |
| Children | 12 |
Margaret L. Bailey (née, Shands; December 12, 1812 – 1888) was an American anti-slavery writer,[1] poet, lyricist, as well as newspaper editor and publisher. She served as editor of The Youth's Monthly Visitor, a children's magazine, and as the publisher of The National Era, an anti-slavery journal.