Frances harper biography
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Frances E.W. Harper
(1825-1911)
Synopsis
Frances E.W. Harper was born in 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland. She was able to attend school as the daughter of free Black parents.
Frances harper biography
Her first poem collection, Forest Leaves, was published around 1845. The delivery of her public speech, "Education and the Elevation of the Colored Race," resulted in a two-year lecture tour for the Anti-Slavery Society.
She died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1911.
Early Life
Born Frances Ellen Watkins on September 24, 1825, in Baltimore, Maryland, Frances E.W. Harper was a leading African American poet and writer. She was also an ardent activist in the abolitionist and women's rights movements.
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After losing her mother at a young age, Harper was raised by an aunt. She also attended a school for African American children run by her uncle, Reverend William Watkins.
Bright and talented, Harper started writing poetry in her youth.
She kept on writing while working for a Quaker family after fin