Mary E. Bibb | |
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| Born | Mary Elizabeth Miles 1820 |
| Died | 1877 or the early 1880s[a] |
| Other names | Mary E. Cary, Mary Bibb Cary |
| Education | Massachusetts State Normal School |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, newspaper editor, abolitionist, businesswoman |
| Known for | Among the first black women teachers in North America, editor of The Voice of the Fugitive |
| Spouses | |
Mary Elizabeth (née Miles) Bibb (1820–1877 or the early 1880s) was an American-born educator and abolitionist leader. She is considered by some to be the first female black journalist in Canada.[1][2] She was a teacher and abolitionist in the United States, before moving with her husband Henry Bibb to Canada after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 which made it very easy for slavecatchers to capture fugitive and free Blacks. She established schools for Black Canadians, published the Voice of the Fugitive newspaper, and helped African Americans get settled in Canada.
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