I don't know what most white people in this country feel, but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institution.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children,

on some idealism which you assure me

exists in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate resource and challenge

white people about Black history.

I'm Brad and on today's show are my co-host Katina and

Garan. Today's topic is Maria Stewart. She's the first known American woman to speak to a mixed

audience of white and black men and women. We talk about her early childhood experiences, some of the

losses that she then experienced. We read several excerpts from

various writings over her years. We talk about her move from Boston to New York, and then we talk

about her legacy. It was great learning about Maria. She had influences on people like Sojourner

Truth, Frederick Douglass, and even Francis Ellen Watkins, Harper. We hope you enjoy the discussion.

Okay, today we are talking about Maria Stewart, as what Garen told me. And I have honestly no idea

who she is, and I would probably be comfortable assuming that a huge swath of our

audience has never heard of her, which is probably going to be sad by the time I hear all this.

But who is she? Who is Maria Stewart? Why should we know who she is, who she was?

Yeah, interested to hear more about her. So learning a

biography can be a window into another period of history that for me is a lot more interesting

than just reading a textbook about history. And Maria Stewart, we can look at her life as a way

to understand the world as it was in the 1800s.

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