Minnie's Sacrifice

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 39
• Langue: English

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Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Andrea Ball and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Transcriber's Note: This document is the text of Minnie's Sacrifice. Any bracketed notations such as [Text missing], [?], and those inserting letters or other comments are from the original text. Transcriber's Note About the Author: Francis Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland. Orphaned at three, she was raised by her uncle, a teacher and radical advocate for civil rights. She attended the Academy for Negro Youth and was educated as a teacher. She became a professional lecturer, activist, suffragette, poet, essayist, novelist, and the author of the first published short story written by an African-American. Her work spanned more than sixty years.

Title: Minnie's Sacrifice Author: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Release Date: February 12, 2004 [EBook #11053] Language: English

START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MINNIE'S SACRIFICE *** ***

MINNIE'S SACRIFICE

A Rediscovered Novel by

Frances E.W. Harper

Edited By Frances Smith Foster

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Chapter I

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