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__**Frances Ellen Watkins Harper**__

** Frances E.W. Harper was born September 25, 1825 in to a non slavery family. Then 3 years ** later her mother died leaving her as orphan. She was raised by her her aunt and uncle. She grew up studing the bible,literature and public speaking at her uncles school William Watkins Academy for Negro Youth.By the age of fourteen she went out in search of a job. The only jobs she could find were as a seamstress or domestic service. She chose to be a domestic in a quaker household. She grew up and married Fenton Harper. They bought a big farm house in Ohio and had a little girl named Mary. One day in 1864 a tragedy happend Fenton died leaving Frances and little Mary. Frances went on with her life doing many wonderful things. She and Mary moved to Little York and got teaching job. She did many other things like working in the Underground Railroad and anti-slavery. One interesting thing about her was that she wrote many books and poems. Some of the poems she wrote were: Bury Me in a Free Land, Songs for the People, The Slave Mother, Autumn Leaves and many more. One of her books she wrote was Forest Leaves. She died in1911

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