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Summer 1855:<\/strong> Shadd moved from Windsor to Chatham in Ontario, Canada West.
August 1855:<\/strong> Mary Ann Shadd attended a meeting in the Dawn settlement, a 1,500-acre Black community in the town of Dresden. Shadd was an influential voice in the debate over leadership of the Dawn settlement.
September to early October 1855:<\/strong> Shadd embarked on her Canadian tour traveling to London,\u00a0Niagara, and St. Catherines \u00a0to raise funds for the Freeman and the Dawn controversy.
October 13, 1855:<\/strong> Shadd left from St. Catherines heading to Philadelphia where she arrived on October 13.
October 16-18, 1855:<\/strong> Shadd attended the National Convention in Philadelphia.
October-mid November 1855:<\/strong> Shadd remained in Philadelphia giving several talks. On November 6, she participated in a debate with Isaiah C. Wears on the topic \u201cShall the Free Colored People of the United States Emigrate to Canada,\u201d at the Banneker Institute of Philadelphia.
Early December 1855:<\/strong> Shadd arrived back in Windsor.
Mid-December 1855:<\/strong> Shadd traveled south along the Detroit River to Amherstburg, a town with a considerable Black population that was an active point in the Underground Railroad.
Late December 1855:<\/strong> Shadd returns to Chatham to spend the holiday season with her family. She marries Thomas F. Cary on January 3, 1856.<\/p>\n