Bury Me in a Free Land - Frances E. W. Harper (1825-1911)

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Library of Congress - Poetry of America - 15 Gennaio 2013.

D. A. Powell reads and discusses Frances E. W. Harper's "Bury Me in a Free Land"

Born Frances Watkins, Frances was the child of free black parents living in Baltimore. Following the death of her mother, Harper lived with her maternal aunt and uncle. The uncle, a clergyman, ran a school for black children and it was there that Harper learned to read, write, and sew. But more importantly, she learned the importance of civil rights and she became a life-long advocate and worker for social reforms. After moving to Ohio, she became the first woman teacher at the Union Seminary and she joined the American Anti-Slavery Society for whom she became a popular orator. Frances Harper’s first book of poems was published at the age of 20, but it is her later poems on... (continuer)