Anna Maria Weems

The Girl Who Became a Boy to Escape Slavery

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Anna Maria Weems (circa 1840 to circa 1863) was an enslaved African American woman in Rockville, Maryland, who escaped by posing as a young Black livery man and carriage driver, assisted by the Underground Railroad, in September 1855. She later settled in Canada with other members of her family who had also escaped from slavery.

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