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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and "National Salvation"

10/13/2017

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Apologies for the BPU-Blog’s brief hiatus, but be assured that our work continues.  I’m still learning--and then learning more--about African American literature, African American history, and the ways these subjects interface with our current moment.
 
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper continues to be one of my best teachers:  the more deeply I research her work (especially in the Civil War and Reconstruction), the more I find it amazingly relevant to today’s world.
 
A case in point is her lecture “National Salvation,” which readers can find online in the latest issue of Common-place.  Only recently rediscovered, the lecture is simply spectacular: fiery, piercing, and wide ranging--and Harper fulfills her promise that “I am coming right home” and “am not going to bathe my lips in honey when I speak.”
 
Please read it, share it widely, and continue learning.


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    Eric Gardner

    I'm a student of early Black print culture.  Building from my second book Black Print Unbound (Oxford 2015), I'll use this space to talk about C19 African Americans and print.

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