Martha Ann Erskine Ricks

Martha Ann Harris Ricks (born Erskine, c. 1817–1901) was an Americo-Liberian woman among the early colonists to the Colony of Liberia.

Born into slavery in Tennessee, she was freed by her father, George Erskine and emigrated at age 13 with him and her family to Liberia in 1830.

In 1892 Ricks traveled with former First Lady Jane Roberts to England, where she received a Royal Audience with Queen Victoria and personally presented her the quilt.

[2] When Ricks turned 76, Liberian Ambassador Edward Blyden arranged for her to travel to England and be given an audience with the queen.

Accompanied by former First Lady Jane Roberts of Liberia, Ricks met the queen at Windsor Castle on July 16, 1892.