Septimia Anne Randolph was born in 1803 in Virginia, to a prominent family of mixed race. Her father was Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., who served as governor of Virginia, and her mother was an enslaved woman named Mary Hemings. Septimia was herself born into slavery but was later freed at a young age by her father. She received an education from her mother and continued to educate herself throughout her life. She married a free black man named Lewis Harvey in 1828 and had four children with him. Septimia was involved in abolitionist and suffragist movements, and often hosted meetings at her home for activists such as Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She was also an accomplished musician and composer, and her work was performed at events held by the Women's Rights Convention. Septimia Anne Randolph died in Ohio in 1882, having devoted her life to fighting for equality and freedom for all people.
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