Mary Anne Rawson

Mary Anne Rawson
Rawson in 1840.
Born
Mary Anne Read

1801
Sheffield, England
Died1887(1887-00-00) (aged 85–86)
OccupationCampaigner
Known forAbolitionism
SpouseWilliam B. Rawson
Parent(s)Joseph and Elizabeth Read

Mary Anne Rawson (1801–1887) was an abolitionist who also a campaigned with the Tract Society and the British and Foreign Bible Society, for Italian nationalism and against child labour. She was first involved with a Sheffield group, which successfully campaigned for people to boycott sugar from the West Indies, as it was produced by slave labour. She is pictured attending the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840.