EPISODE · Mar 19, 2019 · 29 MIN
Sandra Kamusukiri as Maria Stewart: A Visit With a Free Black Woman – Boston 1840
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Click here to begin listening Maria W. Stewart, as characterized by professor and scholar Sandra Kamusakiri, was a free black woman who lived in Boston, MA, from the 1820s to the early 1840s. She was the first American born woman to lecture in public on political themes and likely the first African-American to speak out in […]
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Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/[email protected]/1197-1-1197-1-STEWART_MARIA_3-18_19_IA.mp3) Maria W. Stewart, as characterized by professor and scholar Sandra Kamusakiri, was a free black woman who lived in Boston, MA, from the 1820s to the early 1840s. She was the first American born woman to lecture in public on political themes and likely the first African-American to speak out in defense of women’s rights. A forerunner to Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, she was intensely religious and regarded as outspoken and controversial during her time. For more than a century, Maria W. Stewart’s life contributions remained obscured, illustrating the double pressures of racism and sexism on the lives African-American women. I met with Mariah W. Stewart in the person of Professor Sandra Kamusukiri during the 1996 Democracy in America Chautauqua, held in Ukiah, California. Maria Stewart recommends “The Fair Sketches of Women,” by John Adams and “The Bible.” Originally Broadcast: November 27, 1996
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Sandra Kamusukiri as Maria Stewart: A Visit With a Free Black Woman – Boston 1840
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