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Title
Grave site of Mary Ellen Pleasant, marked with a metal sculpture and grave stone, Napa, (copy photo made 1930-1989)
Alternative Title
Mary Ellen Pleasant, entrepreneur and abolitionist of African descent
Date Created and/or Issued
[1930-1989]
1930/1989
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description
Grave site of Mary Ellen Pleasant, in the Tulocay Cemetery in Napa. The marker reads: Mary Ellen Pleasant / Mother of Civil Rights in California / Was a Friend of John Brown / San Francisco Negro Historical and Cultural Society Memorial
Type
image
Identifier
uclalsc_1889_b04_f16_011.tif
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Subject
Tulocay Cemetery (Napa, Calif.)
Cemeteries
Graves
Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904
Source
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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