Anna Ella Carroll
American politician, pamphleteer, lobbyist (1815-1894)
Anna Ella Carroll (August 29, 1815 – February 19, 1894) was an American political activist, pamphleteer and lobbyist. She wrote many pamphlets criticizing slavery. She played a significant role as an adviser to the Lincoln presidential cabinet during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Early life
Anna Carroll was born in 1815 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland into a prominent upper-class, religiously mixed Catholic-Protestant family. Her father was Thomas King Carroll, a planter who owned a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) tobacco plantation in Somerset County, and was the Governor of Maryland from 1830 to 1831. Her mother was the daughter of a Baltimore physician. She was also the eldest of eight children.
Anna was educated and trained by her father to be his aide. She was likely tutored in the law by him. This allowed her access into the male world of politics.
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