Newspaper Article

In 1836, Mary Shodd, a girl only of 13, was very determined to stop slavery. Being an African American herself, she wanted all slaves to be free. She would always get mad when her friends would talk bad about slaves. She and her friends at the finishing school she went to, hid a runaway slave. They hid him under a table while his owners were searching for him. She will become an important part of the Underground Railroad.