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Biddy Mason, an early African American pioneer and Los Angeles landowner, Los Angeles, 1860-1870

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Title: Biddy Mason, an early African American pioneer and Los Angeles landowner, Los Angeles, 1860-1870
Alternative Title: Portraits of Biddy Mason
Contributor: Early California, 1781-1920
Date Created and/or Issued: [1860-1870]
1860/1870
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Biddy Mason was brought to California as a slave in a wagon train. She petitioned for her freedom, and a judge granted it to her and her family in 1856. She became a successful nurse and midwife, and gained a small fortune through real estate investments. She donated generously to charities and was instrumental in the founding of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles.
Studio portrait of Biddy Mason.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b03_f01_002.tif
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Subject: African American pioneers
Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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