1814 - 1904
Mary Ellen Pleasant American Activist
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| First Name |
Mary
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| Middle Name |
Ellen
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| Last Name |
Pleasant
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| Full Name at Birth |
Mary Ellen Pleasant
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| Alternative Name |
The Mother of Human Rights in California, Mammy Pleasant
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| Birthday |
19th August, 1814
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| Birthplace |
unknown
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| Died |
4th January, 1904
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| Place of Death |
San Francisco, California
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| Buried |
Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa County, California, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Mary Ellen Pleasant (19 August 1814(?) – 4 January 1904) was a 19th-century American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She identified herself as "a capitalist by profession" in the 1890 United States Census. Mary Ellen attended the Religious Society of Friends before baptization into the Baptist faith. She worked on the Underground Railroad and helped bring it to California during the Gold Rush era. She was a lover, friend and financial supporter of John Brown and well known in abolitionist circles. After the Civil War, she won several civil rights victories, one of which was cited and upheld in the 1980s and resulted in her being called "The Mother of Human Rights in California," though other legal battles had mixed results.
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