Black History Month: Pioneering Black publisher a role model today. Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Provincial Freeman embody the activist spirit that is the hallmark of any great newspaper. Opinion by donovanvincent
This Black History Month I found myself thinking about the experiences of pioneering journalist Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first Black female newspaper publisher in North America.
So, slaves rapidly fled to Canada, many through the Underground Railroad. That’s the context in which Shadd Cary’s Provincial Freeman newspaper operated. “She offers and secures to the American slave, the moment he arrives here, freedom. British freedom. Impartial freedom,” the article went on to say.
“They love slavery as they love the gain they derived in wielding the whip over its victims,” the paper said, adding these individuals “most industriously spread and promulgate their sentiments and seek to make them prevalent.” Others worked with Shadd throughout her time with the Freeman and she even used her initials at one point on the masthead, likely concerned about how the public would view a woman in a senior role at a newspaper.
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