Girl in Black & White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams & the Abolition Movement
MHS Event
At MHS
Jessie Morgan-Owens
There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members or EBT cardholders).
There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members or EBT cardholders).
Jessie Morgan-Owens tells the little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams—a slave girl who looked “white” and whose image transformed the abolitionist movement. Mary became the face of American slavery when Sen. Charles Sumner saw in her a monumental political opportunity for the abolitionist cause. Weaving together long-
overlooked primary sources, including daguerreotypes found in the MHS collection, this history follows Mary through to her own adulthood, describing a life parallel to the antislavery movement.
There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30.
