The legacy Mary Ann Shadd left in both societies, American and Canadian, has played a huge role in the emancipation of black people in North America. In her tract, A Plea for Emigration or Notes of Canada West, published in 1852, Shadd pleaded for a full racial integration through education and promoted emigration to Canada. In it, she exposed the moral, social and political aspects of the migration of blacks from the South part of the continent to the North West. Through her writings, Shadd revealed Canada as "a home place for transplanted blacks  (Yee 7); however, Canada was not as wonderful as she portrayed it. At the time of black settlements in the North Pole, Canada was not undeniably a racism free country. In this paper I argue that Mary Ann Shadd made a thoughtless decision in seeing Canada as a haven for dislocated blacks who were fleeing from racism in the U.SA. If Mary Ann Shadd is considered as an icon in the North American society nowadays, it's certainly because of the stand she took in favor of women's rights, and especially, for racial integration in North American society. Having been raised in an abolitionist family, Shadd was familiar with the ideas of equality, integration and liberty. At the time of the segregation in the U.S.A, those elements represented a far dream for the young lady. Her migration to Canada was not only motivated by her personal desire, but was part of a broader plan in seeking for justice, freedom and a legitimate Canadian identity for African-American immigrants. (Yee 2) Before her stand, black people were stripped of their origins and used as slaves. Harriet Beecher, another female writer of that time, described this situation: The warm beatings of many hearts have been hushed, our yearning and sympathies have been repressed, because we have not known what to do; and many have come to turn a deaf ear to the whole tale of sorrow, because unwilling to harrow up the soul with feeling. [ ¦] (n