Frances Harper

• Date of birth: September 24, 1825 .

• Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland.
• Childhood: Her mother died when she was still young so
she was raise by her aunt.
• Education: Frances was able to go to school as the
daughter of free black parents she attended a school for
African American children.
• Major Accomplishments & Significance to U.S. History: In
1854 she published Poems of Miscellaneous Subjects
which had one of her most famous works, "Bury Me in a
Free Land." Frances also became an in-demand lecturer
on behalf of the abolitionist movement. Harper worked
among African Americans as a representative of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.