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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Poetry
Publisher Price: $12.95
ISBN13: 9781636524597
Publisher: Black Legacy Press
Published: Dec 26 2025
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Poems by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is a significant collection of nineteenth-century poetry addressing themes of freedom, faith, justice, and human dignity. Through lyrical verse and moral reflection, Harper gives voice to the experiences, hopes, and struggles of African Americans during a period of profound social change.
Her poetry blends spiritual insight with social conscience, confronting slavery, racial injustice, and gender inequality while affirming resilience and moral strength. This collection highlights Harper's role as one of the earliest and most influential African American poets, whose work helped shape Black literary and abolitionist traditions.
This book is ideal for readers interested in African American poetry, abolitionist literature, women's writing, and nineteenth-century American literary history.
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