Monday, April 5, 2010

Three facts for Harriet E. Wilson

Johana Martinez
Nina Perez
03/05/10



*In 1867 she joins the Massachusetts Spiritualistic Association, where she talks to a crowd of people about supporting labor reform and the education of children in spiritualistic doctrine

*1859 her book, Our Nig, or sketches from the life of a free black is published

*1867 is known as the colored medium and gives an address in the Great Spiritualist camp, where over 3,000 people attended. she was known for being a great advocate for the spiritualist movement as well as fighting for people rights, like the labor reform and the education for children.

work cited:
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black. 1859

HE Wilson - New York: Vintage, 1983

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