A Woman to Know: Mary Ellen Pleasant
I have let books alone and studied men and women a good deal. — Mary
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No one knows exactly when and where Mary Ellen Pleasant was born -- some accounts say she was born a slave on a plantation in Augusta, Georgia; others report she was born to a free family in Philadelphia. Either way, because of her biracial heritage, Mary…
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