School desegregation pioneers: The McDonogh Three is all the comes to
mind, re. the name
but Sake Deen Mahomed comes to mind re. Irelnad. He was a shampooing
surgeon and restaurateur. He had sailed from Calcutta on the Danish
vessel Christiansborg in January 1784, visiting Madras, St Helena, and
Dartmouth (November 1784) en route to Cork, Baker's hometown. Under
Baker's patronage Mahomet studied to perfect his English. In 1786 he
eloped with an Anglo-Irish gentlewoman, Jane Daly(b. c.1772). They had
an Anglican marriage in Cork and Ross diocese, Mahomet having converted
to this denomination.
Angela
On 20 Jan 2010, at 21:31, SEAN CREIGHTON wrote:
> To BASA members and BASAJISC,
>
> I have had an enquiry seeking help to find out about an Irish woman
> who married a Black American who is believed to have gone with him
> to the States c. 1865.
>
> Her name was Mary Elizabeth McDonagh, but could also be spelt
> MacDonagh, Mc/MacDonogh, or Mc/ MacDonugh. She was from Sligo.
>
> She was clearly a woman of spirit. A Protestant she had had an affair
> with one of her father's Catholic workers. They had a son John. She
> was not allowed to marry the father, and the son was taken into her
> father's household. Later she met a Black American and married him.
> Her father would have nothing to do with her, and she went to the
> States with her husband c. 1865. Her son did not go with them.
>
> Her husband's name is not known. I am assuming that he was an
> abolitionist campaigner or an escaped slave who had fled to Britain in
> earlier years.
>
> If you have been working on Black American Abolitionists and others in
> Britain does one possibly leaving from Ireland c. 1865 with his Irish
> wife ring a bell. Any clues as to try and identify him would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Many local records for the period relating to the family were lost in
> one of the many fires set to destroy records.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sean
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