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Sowing and Reaping A Temperance Story
Paperback
Publisher Price: $12.95
ISBN13: 9781636524627
Publisher: Black Legacy Press
Published: Dec 26 2025
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Sowing and Reaping: A Temperance Story by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is a socially conscious novel examining the destructive effects of alcohol on individuals, families, and communities in nineteenth-century America. Through interwoven personal stories, Harper illustrates how choices made in youth can lead to lasting consequences, while also emphasizing moral responsibility, self-control, and social reform.
The novel reflects Harper's involvement in the temperance movement and her broader commitment to ethical living, community uplift, and social justice. Set against the backdrop of a changing America, the story blends moral instruction with emotional storytelling, offering readers both reflection and historical insight.
This book is ideal for readers interested in African American literature, temperance movement history, moral fiction, and nineteenth-century social reform narratives.
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