Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was "the most popular African-American writer of the nineteenth century..." -- Frances Smith Foster, Editor, A Brighter Coming Day
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was "the most popular African-American writer of the nineteenth century but also one of the most important women in United States history." -- Frances Smith Foster, Editor, A Brighter Coming Day --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland, was an African American abolitionist and poet. Her first volume of verse, Forest Leaves, was published in 1845, the book was extremely popular and over the next few years went through 20 editions. In 1850, she started working in Columbus, Ohio as a schoolteacher. Three years later in 1853, she joined the American Anti-Slavery Society and became a travelling lecturer for the group. She was also a strong supporter of prohibition and woman's suffrage. In 1892, she published a novel about a rescued black slave and the Reconstructed South, called Iola Leroy; or, Shadows Uplifted one of the first books published by an African American. Later, she wrote Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping and Trial and Triumph. Harper was a strong supporter of women's suffrage and was a member of the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA).
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