January 10 - Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67.

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The poem I’m reading is “Bury Me in a Free Land”.

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