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Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park

MARY ELLEN PLEASANT MEMORIAL PARK

MOTHER OF 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
IN CALIFORNIA 

SHE SUPPORTED THE 
WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE 
UNDERGROUND RAILWAY FOR 
FUGITIVE SLAVES 1850-1865. THIS 
LEGENDARY PIONEER ONCE
LIVED ON THIS SITE 
AND PLANTED THESE
SIX TREES

PLACE BY THE SAN FRANCISCO 
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL 
AND CULTURAL 
SOCIETY

1814 - 1904


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