Mary Birkett Card

Mary Birkett Card
Born
Mary Birkett

28 December 1774
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died1817(1817-00-00) (aged 42–43)
Dublin
Notable workA Poem on the African Slave Trade

Mary Birkett Card (28 December 1774–1817), was an Irish based British poet, abolitionist, and feminist, best remembered for her anti-slavery poem, A Poem on the African Slave Trade published when she was seventeen.

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