... voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/francesellenwatikinsharper.html). She began her childhood education at the Academy for Negro Youth. This school was founded by her uncle, William Watkins. Harper concluded her formal education during her early teen years. Afterwards, she "took a position in a Baltimore bookstore and used the opportunity to read widely" ... sold), she was moved to dedicate her life to the anti-slavery movement (Hill, 345). Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's poems were first published in abolitionist periodicals in 1839. One such periodical was for "Frederick Douglass" Paper" (Graham...

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... speech in 1833 before retiring to work only in women's organizations. Although her career was short, it set the stage for the African American women speakers who followed: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman, among others. Since more direct participation in the public arena was fraught with difficulties and danger, many women assisted the movement by boycotting slave-produced ... ...

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