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Mary Sampson Patterson Leary Langston (born Mary Sampson Patterson; c. 1835 – 1915) was an American abolitionist, the first African-American woman to attend Oberlin College, and wife of notable abolitionists Lewis Sheridan Leary and Charles Henry Langston.
- Lois Leary, Carolina Langston, Nat Turner Langston
- 1915 (aged 79–80), Lawrence, Kansas
- 1835, Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Langston Hughes (grandson)
She was a Black educator and abolitionist. Born Mary Sampson Patterson in North Carolina, she was the daughter of a formerly enslaved man who highly valued education; for this reason, he brought his family to Oberlin, Ohio, to secure a college education for his children.
A devoted advocate for Black education, Mary Langston made sure four of her children completed their college education at Oberlin. Mary Langston was a proud woman who advocated and supported anti-slavery causes with both her husbands.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Mary Langston was Langston Hughes's grandmother, one of the most significant single influences on the poet's life. She was born in 1837 in Fayetteville, N. C., where her father, James Patterson, was a stone mason.
It was this grand mother, Mary Sampson Patterson Leary Langston, who regaled Hughes with stories of his rebellious, abolitionist ancestors, and though her stories skirted. the African American vernacular tradition that later informed so much of.
Mary Sampson Patterson Leary Langston was an American abolitionist, the first Black woman to attend Oberlin College, and wife of notable abolitionists Lewis Sheridan Leary and Charles Henry Langston. She was also the grandmother of Langston Hughes and raised him for part of his childhood, inspiring his future work.
description. Mary Sampson Patterson Langston, Marker, Oak Hill Cemetery Mary Sampson Patterson first married Lewis Sheridan Leary, who was killed with John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Then she married Charles Langston in 1869. Mary was born in North Carolina and educated at Oberlin College.
