Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford

Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford
Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford, from a portrait painted in the 1870s
BornDecember 2, 1802
Fredericksburg, Virginia
DiedSeptember 15, 1896(1896-09-15) (aged 93)
Alexandria, Virginia
FatherJohn Minor
RelativesJohn B. Minor (cousin)
John Minor Maury (cousin)
Matthew Fontaine Maury (cousin)

Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (December 2, 1802 – September 15, 1896) was an American anti-slavery activist, founder of the Female Auxiliary of the American Colonization Society in Fredericksburg.

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