Mary Birkett Card | |
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| Born | Mary Birkett 1774 Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1817 Dublin |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable work | A 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.[1][2][3]
- ^ Coleman, Deirdre (2010). "Women Writers and Abolition". The History of British Women's Writing, 1750–1830. Palgrave Macmillan UK: 172–193. doi:10.1057/9780230297012_9. ISBN 978-1-349-36198-4.
- ^ "Mary Birkett: Irish Woman Poet". Elliptical Movements. 30 June 2013.
- ^ "A Poem on the African Slave Trade. Addressed to Her Own Sex, by Mary Birkett". www.parliament.uk.
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