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Hmm, so where were we?

Oh yeah, Mary Bowser was born Mary Jane Richards into slavery in Richmond, Virginia in 1839.

At around the age of 11, her master's daughter bought her, immediately freed her, and sent her to Philadelphia to be educated.

This is where she did work for the Underground Railroad, lost her mother, and watched the country slowly fall into the depths of hell, and realized that even though she was free,

Black people couldn't be free, and so they were all free.

This is part two of the story of Mary Bowser, and this is the Redacted History Podcast.

So, happy women's history month again, and welcome back.

Last week, we dove headfirst into the story of one of the most courageous women to ever exist, Mary Bowser.

Our story picks back up in 1859, after the hanging of John Brown and the events at Harper's Ferry.

A failed slavery billion then aided in setting the tone for what was to come in the Civil War in a couple of years.

There were widespread riots and uprisings of angry, northern white people in Philadelphia.

The people who Mary knew hated black people, but not this much.

During her time in Philadelphia, she spent a lot of time with rich and affluent white people, mostly white women,

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