Item Summary

Harper was a freed African American woman from Baltimore. These poems range over a wide variety of subjects, but her basic concern is the female and womanhood. Appended are several essays on Christianity, the Bible, and African Americans (she encourages them to strive until the day of freedom comes).

Descriptive Information

Title
Poems on miscellaneous subjects / by Frances Ellen Watkins.
Call Number
2022-0036N
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcxd07h693d
Language
English
Date Created
1854
Extent
40 pages ; 17 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
"Miscellaneous writings [prose]": pages [33]-40.
Preface signed: W.L.G. [i.e. Wm. L. Garrison?], Boston.

Discovery Information

Physical Characteristics

File Count
44

Institutional Information

Collection
Black History and Culture Evergreen Initiative
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3860e790-7309-4345-a8fe-9a9fedff9efa/manifest