Frances Harper

Overview

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper born Baltimore, MD September 24, 1825 (d. 1911). Black non-resistant abolitionist poet; novelist and lecturer; sat-in on Philadelphia trolley 1859.

Quotations

Our world, so worn and weary,
Needs music, pure and strong. . .

Music to soothe all its sorrow,
Till war and crime shall cease;
And the hearts of men grown tender
Girdle the world with peace.

("Songs for the People"; photo Unitarian Universalist Assn.)