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Mary Anne Rawson (nee Read) (1801-1887) pictured in her library at Wincobank Hall, c. 1886

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Mary Anne Rawson (nee Read) (1801-1887) pictured in her library at Wincobank Hall, c. 1886
Sheffield
1851-1899

Daughter of Joseph Read (1774-1837) of Wincobank Hall and an aunt of Henry J. Wilson (1833-1914).

Mary Anne Rawson was a prominent anti-slavery campaigner who founded the Sheffield Female Anti-Slavery Society and was Secretary of the Sheffield Ladies Association for the Universal Abolition of Slavery.

Original at Sheffield City Archives: MD2459/1/22/4 (alt. ref. MD2480/4).

 

 

 

 

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