Sarah Mapps Douglass, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sarah Mapps Douglass

American activist and artist

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1806

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1882

Profession: writer, educator, painter, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sarah Mapps Douglass (September 9, 1806 – September 8, 1882) was an African-American educator, abolitionist, writer, and public lecturer.
Her painted images on her written letters may be the first or earliest surviving examples of signed paintings by an African-American woman.
These paintings are contained within the Cassey Dickerson Album.
The album is a rare collection of 19th-century friendship letters between a group of women.