Complete Poems of Frances E.W. Harper | 
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#poetrymatters Aug 14: knowledge
Learning to Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Born in Baltimore the only child of free African American parents, Harper was a fiction writer, journalist, activist and she helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad & wrote frequently for anti-slavery newspapers, earning her a reputation as the mother of African American journalism.
Mrs Frances Ellen Watkins Harper you are an amazing Poet and I am so grateful to find your poetry on audio, so far my favourite is Double Standard and oh so true it is.
I am glad to read you were born free and you had a very successful career in poetry.
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Day 1: Light
Let The Light Enter by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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Our Masters always tried to hide,
The learning from our eyes;
Knowledge didn't agree
with slavery-
'Twould make us all too wise"
- from "Learning to Read"
