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... first become known who were interested in the uplift of the race . If we except such an unusual and specially gifted spirit as Phillis " Wheatley , we shall find that those who most impressed Introduction -The Negro Woman in Ameri- can ...
... first become known who were interested in the uplift of the race . If we except such an unusual and specially gifted spirit as Phillis " Wheatley , we shall find that those who most impressed Introduction -The Negro Woman in Ameri- can ...
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... interested in the emancipation of the Negro . From time to time she was supplied with money , but she never spent this for her own use , setting it aside in case of need on the next one of her journeys . HARRIET TUBMAN 35.
... interested in the emancipation of the Negro . From time to time she was supplied with money , but she never spent this for her own use , setting it aside in case of need on the next one of her journeys . HARRIET TUBMAN 35.
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... interested . In course of time , however , the wife was won and then the man also knelt . At another time she wrote , " Twenty- six of my scholars were baptized to - day ; " and a little later she said , " Ten more 44 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT.
... interested . In course of time , however , the wife was won and then the man also knelt . At another time she wrote , " Twenty- six of my scholars were baptized to - day ; " and a little later she said , " Ten more 44 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT.
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... interested in the boys , so that he too helps , and the home is a happy one . At the top of the house is a long roomy attic . This is an improvised studio - or , as the sculptor would doubtless say , the work- shop . Hither , from the ...
... interested in the boys , so that he too helps , and the home is a happy one . At the top of the house is a long roomy attic . This is an improvised studio - or , as the sculptor would doubtless say , the work- shop . Hither , from the ...
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... interested rather in social themes . There are those , however , who hope that she will not utterly forsake the field in which she first became distinguished . Through the sternness of her early work speaks the very tragedy of the Negro ...
... interested rather in social themes . There are those , however , who hope that she will not utterly forsake the field in which she first became distinguished . Through the sternness of her early work speaks the very tragedy of the Negro ...
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