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Mary Jane Richardson Jones

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American abolitionist, suffragist, and activist (1819-1909)

United StatesActivistsLived 1819 to 1909 · aged 90
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Mary Jane Richardson Jones was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, and suffragist. Born in Tennessee to parents who were free African-Americans, Jones and her family moved to Illinois. With her husband, John, she was a leading African-American figure in the early history of Chicago.

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Mary Jane Richardson Jones with her husband John shortly after their marriageMary Jane Richardson Jones with her husband John shortly after their marriageCabinet photograph of Jones taken in 1883Cabinet photograph of Jones taken in 1883Jones with her granddaughter, Theodora Lee Purnell, in 1883Jones with her granddaughter, Theodora Lee Purnell, in 1883Jones and her husband are buried side by side in Graceland CemeteryJones and her husband are buried side by side in Graceland Cemetery

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Mary Jane Richardson Jones was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, and suffragist. Born in Tennessee to parents who were free African-Americans, Jones and her family moved to Illinois. With her husband, John, she was a leading African-American figure in the early history of Chicago. The Jones household was a stop on the Underground Railroad and a center of abolitionist activity in the pre-Civil War era, helping hundreds of fugitive slaves flee slavery.

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United States
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Activist
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deceased
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Lived 1819 to 1909 · aged 90
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