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The Novels of Frances Harper (2021) collects four works of fiction
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a pioneering figure in African
American literature. Minnie's Sacrifice (1869), originally
serialized in the Christian Recorder, addresses such themes as
miscegenation, passing, and the institutionalized rape of enslaved
women using the story of Moses as inspiration. Sowing and Reaping
(1876) is a novel concerned with the cause of temperance in a time
when Black families were frequently torn apart by alcoholism. Trial
and Triumph (1888-1889) is a politically conscious novel concerned
with an African American community doing its best to overcome
hardship with love and solidarity. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted
(1892) is a story of liberation set during the American Civil War
that deals with such themes as abolition, miscegenation, and
passing. Minnie's Sacrifice begins on a plantation in the American
South. A slave named Miriam mourns the untimely death of her only
daughter, Agnes, who succumbed while giving birth to a baby boy,
leaving her son in her mother's care. Visiting Miriam's cabin later
that day, Camilla, the master's daughter, discovers a blond-haired,
blue-eyed boy. Bringing this to the attention of her father,
Camilla proposes that the boy be sent away from the plantation to
be brought up as white. Trial and Triumph is the story of a young
orphan girl. With few opportunities for education, and despite her
affinity for reading, Annette faces prejudice and indifference from
her community, who remain either cautiously protective of their
children or too involved with their own problems to pay heed to
another struggling youth. Sowing and Reaping is a tale of
friendship and tragedy exploring the concerns of the temperance
movement. Paul-whose father died young from alcoholism-always
places morality ahead of opportunity, while John, a pragmatist at
heart, decides to open a saloon. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted is
the story of Iola Leroy, a free-born woman who was forced into
slavery due to her mixed racial heritage. Her father Eugene, a
wealthy slaveowner, set Iola's mother free in order to marry her
and start a family. When he died from a sudden illness, Eugene left
his family in grave danger, and Marie and her children were soon
torn from freedom by Eugene's spiteful relatives. These novels by
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a groundbreaking nineteenth century
writer, inspired such figures as Zora Neale Hurston and Ida B.
Wells. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of The Novels of Frances Harper is a
classic of African American literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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Trial and Triumph (Paperback)
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R142
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Trial and Triumph (1888-1889) is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins
Harper. One of the first novels published by an African American
woman, Trial and Triumph is a story of family, faith, and sacrifice
that advocates for education and equality for all African
Americans. Originally published in serial format in the Christian
Recorder, an important and historical periodical connected to the
African Methodist Episcopal Church, Trial and Triumph was
rediscovered in the late twentieth century and has since been
recognized as a groundbreaking work of fiction by the first African
American woman to publish a novel. At her modest home, Mrs.
Harcourt discusses a recent controversy involving her granddaughter
and an irate neighbor. Having sent Annette out to the grocery store
for oil, she unwittingly gave the young girl an opportunity for
mischief-on her way home, Annette managed to spill oil on Mrs.
Larkins' stoop, causing the particularly diligent housekeeper to
curse the girl for her carelessness. Embarrassed but unsurprised,
Mrs. Harcourt has grown accustomed to Annette's wayward nature.
Ever since her mother's death, Annette-who was abandoned by her
father at birth-has struggled to find purpose in life. With few
opportunities for education, and despite her affinity for reading,
Annette faces prejudice and indifference from her community, who
remain either cautiously protective of their children or too
involved with their own problems to pay heed to another struggling
youth. Written in straightforward prose, Trial and Triumph is a
politically conscious novel concerned with an African American
community doing its best to overcome with love what little their
lot is in life. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Frances Ellen
Watkins Harper's Trial and Triumph is a classic of African American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Complete Frances Harper (2021) is a collection of writing by
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Harper, the first African American
woman to publish a novel, gained a reputation as a popular poet and
impassioned abolitionist in the decades leading up to the American
Civil War. Much of her work was rediscovered in the twentieth
century and preserved for its significance to some of the leading
social movements of the nineteenth century, including temperance,
abolition, and women's suffrage. As an artist for whom the personal
was always political, Frances Harper served in a leadership role at
the Women's Christian Temperance Union and worked to establish the
National Association of Colored Women, serving for a time as vice
president of the organization. Included in this volume are her
early poetry volumes, such as Forest Leaves (1845) and Poems on
Miscellaneous Subjects (1854). In "Bury Me in Free Land," an
influential poem published in an 1858 edition of abolitionist
newspaper The Anti-Slavery Bugle, Harper expresses her commitment
to the cause of freedom in life or death terms: "I ask no monument,
proud and high, / To arrest the gaze of the passers-by; / All that
my yearning spirit craves, / Is bury me not in a land of slaves."
She reflects on the theme of freedom throughout her body of work,
often examining her own identity or experiences as a free Black
woman alongside the lives of her enslaved countrymen. The Complete
Frances Harper also includes her four groundbreaking novels.
Minnie's Sacrifice (1869), originally serialized in the Christian
Recorder, addresses such themes as miscegenation, passing, and the
institutionalized rape of enslaved women using the story of Moses
as inspiration. Sowing and Reaping (1876) is a novel concerned with
the cause of temperance in a time when Black families were
frequently torn apart by alcoholism. Trial and Triumph (1888-1889)
is a politically conscious novel concerned with an African American
community doing its best to overcome hardship with love and
solidarity. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) is a story of
liberation set during the American Civil War that deals with such
themes as abolition, miscegenation, and passing. In these novels,
poems, speeches from across her lengthy career as an artist and
activist, Harper not only dedicates herself to her suffering
people, but imagines a time "When men of diverse sects and creeds /
Are clasping hand in hand." With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Complete
Frances Harper is a classic of African American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
Sowing and Reaping (1876) is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins
Harper. One of the first novels published by an African American
woman, Sowing and Reaping is a story of friendship, romance, and
tragedy that advocates for temperance nationwide. Originally
published in serial format in the Christian Recorder, an important
and historical periodical connected to the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, Sowing and Reaping was rediscovered in the late
twentieth century and has since been recognized as a groundbreaking
work of fiction by the first African American woman to publish a
novel. Discussing the recent closure of John Andrews' saloon, Paul
Clifford and John Anderson reveal the starkly opposing natures
which collide within their friendship. Although both consider
themselves businessmen, Paul-whose father died young from
alcoholism-always places morality ahead of opportunity while John,
a pragmatist at heart, places his personal interests ahead of
everything. Scolding his friend for not capitalizing on the
bankruptcy of a local man, John presages the tragic events to come.
As Paul falls in love with Belle through their mutual advocacy of
temperance, John tries his hand as a saloon owner himself,
indulging in and selling alcohol while turning a blind eye to his
son's increasing dependence on drinking. Written in straightforward
prose, Sowing and Reaping is a politically conscious novel
concerned with the cause of temperance in a time when families and
communities were frequently torn apart by alcoholism. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Sowing and Reaping
is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern
readers.
Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches (2021) is a collection
of writing by Frances Harper. Harper, the first African American
woman to publish a novel, gained a reputation as a popular poet and
impassioned abolitionist in the decades leading up to the American
Civil War. Much of her work was rediscovered in the twentieth
century and preserved for its significance to some of the leading
social movements of the nineteenth century, including temperance,
abolition, and women's suffrage. As an artist for whom the personal
was always political, Frances Harper served in a leadership role at
the Women's Christian Temperance Union and worked to establish the
National Association of Colored Women, serving for a time as vice
president of the organization. Included in this volume are extracts
of her early poetry volumes, including Forest Leaves (1845) and
Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1854). In "Bury Me in Free Land,"
an influential poem published in an 1858 edition of abolitionist
newspaper The Anti-Slavery Bugle, Harper expresses her commitment
to the cause of freedom in life or death terms: "I ask no monument,
proud and high, / To arrest the gaze of the passers-by; / All that
my yearning spirit craves, / Is bury me not in a land of slaves."
She reflects on the theme of freedom throughout her body of work,
often examining her own identity or experiences as a free Black
woman alongside the lives of her enslaved countrymen. In "Free
Work," she looks to something as simple as her own clothing and
examines its connection-or lack thereof-to the institution of
slavery: "I wear an easy garment, / O'er it no toiling slave / Wept
tears of hopeless anguish, / In his passage to the grave."
Reflecting on the horrors of slavery through the lens of the
everyday, Harper refuses to take for granted the significance of
freedom in all of its manifestations, a reality which is sometimes
as simple as the clothes on her back. In these poems and speeches
from across her lengthy career as an artist and activist, Harper
not only dedicates herself to her suffering people, but imagines a
time "When men of diverse sects and creeds / Are clasping hand in
hand." With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Frances Harper's Frances Harper: Poems,
Prose, and Sketches is a classic of African American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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Shadows Uplifted (Paperback)
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R220
Discovery Miles 2 200
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) is a novel by Frances Ellen
Watkins Harper. One of the first novels published by an African
American woman, Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted is a story of
liberation set during the American Civil War that deals with such
themes as abolition, miscegenation, and passing. In North Carolina,
a Union Army regiment welcomes a group of escaped slaves into its
midst. Led by Robert Johnson and Tom Anderson, the fugitives appeal
to the Union commander on behalf of a woman named Iola Leroy, who
remains enslaved in town. Leroy, despite being born free, was
forced into slavery due to her mixed racial heritage. Her father
Eugene, a wealthy slaveowner, set Iola's mother free in order to
marry her and start a family. When he died from a sudden bout of
yellow fever, Eugene unwittingly left his family in grave danger,
and Marie and her children were soon torn from freedom by Eugene's
spiteful relatives. Although Iola had been sent North to study at a
seminary, she is tricked into returning to the South and sold away
from her family. Having told her story, Johnson and Anderson join
up with the Union commander and his regiment to fight for Iola's
freedom. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted, which inspired Zora Neale
Hurston and Ida B. Wells, is a groundbreaking work of African
American fiction and a definitive masterpiece from a pioneer in her
craft. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Iola
Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted is a classic of African American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches (2021) is a collection
of writing by Frances Harper. Harper, the first African American
woman to publish a novel, gained a reputation as a popular poet and
impassioned abolitionist in the decades leading up to the American
Civil War. Much of her work was rediscovered in the twentieth
century and preserved for its significance to some of the leading
social movements of the nineteenth century, including temperance,
abolition, and women's suffrage. As an artist for whom the personal
was always political, Frances Harper served in a leadership role at
the Women's Christian Temperance Union and worked to establish the
National Association of Colored Women, serving for a time as vice
president of the organization. Included in this volume are extracts
of her early poetry volumes, including Forest Leaves (1845) and
Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1854). In "Bury Me in Free Land,"
an influential poem published in an 1858 edition of abolitionist
newspaper The Anti-Slavery Bugle, Harper expresses her commitment
to the cause of freedom in life or death terms: "I ask no monument,
proud and high, / To arrest the gaze of the passers-by; / All that
my yearning spirit craves, / Is bury me not in a land of slaves."
She reflects on the theme of freedom throughout her body of work,
often examining her own identity or experiences as a free Black
woman alongside the lives of her enslaved countrymen. In "Free
Work," she looks to something as simple as her own clothing and
examines its connection-or lack thereof-to the institution of
slavery: "I wear an easy garment, / O'er it no toiling slave / Wept
tears of hopeless anguish, / In his passage to the grave."
Reflecting on the horrors of slavery through the lens of the
everyday, Harper refuses to take for granted the significance of
freedom in all of its manifestations, a reality which is sometimes
as simple as the clothes on her back. In these poems and speeches
from across her lengthy career as an artist and activist, Harper
not only dedicates herself to her suffering people, but imagines a
time "When men of diverse sects and creeds / Are clasping hand in
hand." With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Frances Harper's Frances Harper: Poems,
Prose, and Sketches is a classic of African American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
The Novels of Frances Harper (2021) collects four works of fiction
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a pioneering figure in African
American literature. Minnie's Sacrifice (1869), originally
serialized in the Christian Recorder, addresses such themes as
miscegenation, passing, and the institutionalized rape of enslaved
women using the story of Moses as inspiration. Sowing and Reaping
(1876) is a novel concerned with the cause of temperance in a time
when Black families were frequently torn apart by alcoholism. Trial
and Triumph (1888-1889) is a politically conscious novel concerned
with an African American community doing its best to overcome
hardship with love and solidarity. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted
(1892) is a story of liberation set during the American Civil War
that deals with such themes as abolition, miscegenation, and
passing. Minnie's Sacrifice begins on a plantation in the American
South. A slave named Miriam mourns the untimely death of her only
daughter, Agnes, who succumbed while giving birth to a baby boy,
leaving her son in her mother's care. Visiting Miriam's cabin later
that day, Camilla, the master's daughter, discovers a blond-haired,
blue-eyed boy. Bringing this to the attention of her father,
Camilla proposes that the boy be sent away from the plantation to
be brought up as white. Trial and Triumph is the story of a young
orphan girl. With few opportunities for education, and despite her
affinity for reading, Annette faces prejudice and indifference from
her community, who remain either cautiously protective of their
children or too involved with their own problems to pay heed to
another struggling youth. Sowing and Reaping is a tale of
friendship and tragedy exploring the concerns of the temperance
movement. Paul-whose father died young from alcoholism-always
places morality ahead of opportunity, while John, a pragmatist at
heart, decides to open a saloon. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted is
the story of Iola Leroy, a free-born woman who was forced into
slavery due to her mixed racial heritage. Her father Eugene, a
wealthy slaveowner, set Iola's mother free in order to marry her
and start a family. When he died from a sudden illness, Eugene left
his family in grave danger, and Marie and her children were soon
torn from freedom by Eugene's spiteful relatives. These novels by
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a groundbreaking nineteenth century
writer, inspired such figures as Zora Neale Hurston and Ida B.
Wells. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of The Novels of Frances Harper is a
classic of African American literature reimagined for modern
readers.
The Complete Frances Harper (2021) is a collection of writing by
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Harper, the first African American
woman to publish a novel, gained a reputation as a popular poet and
impassioned abolitionist in the decades leading up to the American
Civil War. Much of her work was rediscovered in the twentieth
century and preserved for its significance to some of the leading
social movements of the nineteenth century, including temperance,
abolition, and women's suffrage. As an artist for whom the personal
was always political, Frances Harper served in a leadership role at
the Women's Christian Temperance Union and worked to establish the
National Association of Colored Women, serving for a time as vice
president of the organization. Included in this volume are her
early poetry volumes, such as Forest Leaves (1845) and Poems on
Miscellaneous Subjects (1854). In "Bury Me in Free Land," an
influential poem published in an 1858 edition of abolitionist
newspaper The Anti-Slavery Bugle, Harper expresses her commitment
to the cause of freedom in life or death terms: "I ask no monument,
proud and high, / To arrest the gaze of the passers-by; / All that
my yearning spirit craves, / Is bury me not in a land of slaves."
She reflects on the theme of freedom throughout her body of work,
often examining her own identity or experiences as a free Black
woman alongside the lives of her enslaved countrymen. The Complete
Frances Harper also includes her four groundbreaking novels.
Minnie's Sacrifice (1869), originally serialized in the Christian
Recorder, addresses such themes as miscegenation, passing, and the
institutionalized rape of enslaved women using the story of Moses
as inspiration. Sowing and Reaping (1876) is a novel concerned with
the cause of temperance in a time when Black families were
frequently torn apart by alcoholism. Trial and Triumph (1888-1889)
is a politically conscious novel concerned with an African American
community doing its best to overcome hardship with love and
solidarity. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) is a story of
liberation set during the American Civil War that deals with such
themes as abolition, miscegenation, and passing. In these novels,
poems, speeches from across her lengthy career as an artist and
activist, Harper not only dedicates herself to her suffering
people, but imagines a time "When men of diverse sects and creeds /
Are clasping hand in hand." With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Complete
Frances Harper is a classic of African American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
Minnie's Sacrifice (1869) is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins
Harper. Originally serialized in the Christian Recorder, Minnie's
Sacrifice is a rediscovered work of fiction from one of nineteenth
century America's most prominent black writers and activists. The
novel, which addresses such themes as miscegenation, passing, and
the institutionalized rape of enslaved women, is a vastly
underappreciated work that repurposes the story of Moses to tell a
tale with a powerful political message. On a plantation in the
American South, a slave named Miriam mourns the untimely death of
her only daughter. Agnes, who succumbed while giving birth to a
baby boy in their cabin at the edge of Mr. Le Croix's property,
left her son in her mother's care. Visiting Miriam's cabin later
that day, Camilla, the master's daughter, discovers a blond-haired,
blue-eyed boy. Bringing this to the attention of her father,
Camilla proposes that the boy be sent away from the plantation to
be brought up as white. Unable to accept that the boy should be
considered a slave, Camilla begs her father to take the child
north, all the while failing to connect her own father to the boy's
birth. After brief contemplation, he nervously consents to her
plan, but for all her cunning and bravery, Camilla is entirely
unprepared for what her merciful endeavor will reveal. Minnie's
Sacrifice, by an author who inspired Zora Neale Hurston and Ida B.
Wells, is a groundbreaking work of African American fiction and a
definitive masterpiece from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, a pioneer
in her craft. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's
Minnie's Sacrifice is a classic of African American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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Shadows Uplifted (Hardcover)
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R395
Discovery Miles 3 950
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) is a novel by Frances Ellen
Watkins Harper. One of the first novels published by an African
American woman, Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted is a story of
liberation set during the American Civil War that deals with such
themes as abolition, miscegenation, and passing. In North Carolina,
a Union Army regiment welcomes a group of escaped slaves into its
midst. Led by Robert Johnson and Tom Anderson, the fugitives appeal
to the Union commander on behalf of a woman named Iola Leroy, who
remains enslaved in town. Leroy, despite being born free, was
forced into slavery due to her mixed racial heritage. Her father
Eugene, a wealthy slaveowner, set Iola's mother free in order to
marry her and start a family. When he died from a sudden bout of
yellow fever, Eugene unwittingly left his family in grave danger,
and Marie and her children were soon torn from freedom by Eugene's
spiteful relatives. Although Iola had been sent North to study at a
seminary, she is tricked into returning to the South and sold away
from her family. Having told her story, Johnson and Anderson join
up with the Union commander and his regiment to fight for Iola's
freedom. Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted, which inspired Zora Neale
Hurston and Ida B. Wells, is a groundbreaking work of African
American fiction and a definitive masterpiece from a pioneer in her
craft. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Iola
Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted is a classic of African American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
A landmark account of the African American experience during the
Civil War and its aftermath
First published in 1892, this stirring novel by the great writer
and activist Frances Harper tells the story of the young daughter
of a wealthy Mississippi planter who travels to the North to attend
school, only to be sold into slavery in the South when it is
discovered that she has Negro blood. After she is freed by the
Union army, she works to reunify her family and embrace her
heritage, committing herself to improving the conditions for blacks
in America.
Through her fascinating characters-including Iola's brother, who
fights at the front in a colored regiment-Harper weaves a vibrant
and provocative chronicle of the Civil War and its consequences
through African American eyes in this critical contribution to the
nation's literature.
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Poems (Paperback)
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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R437
Discovery Miles 4 370
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Minnie's Sacrifice was written by Frances Ellen Watkins Harpe.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 - February 22,
1911) was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet,
teacher, public speaker, and writer. The topics she wrote and spoke
about include: "enslavement and abolitionism, human rights and
dignity, women's rights and equality, racial and social justice,
lynching and mob violence, voting rights, moral character, racial
self-help and uplift, and multiracial cooperation for common good."
She was active in social reform and was a member of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, which advocated the federal government
taking a role in progressive reform. She is considered "the mother
of African-American journalism."
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