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Preacher Jarena Lee: Praise in the Meantime

  • Religion
  • Women's Voices
  • Slavery & Abolition, 1800-1860
Illustration of outdoor church gathering
an old man said he did not believe the coloured people had any souls . . . I labored on in the best manner . . . looking to God all the while . . . After I had done speaking, . . . [the old man] . . . said that my preaching might seem a small thing, yet . . . I had the worth of souls at heart.
Black and white print showing a plantation house
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Roosje

  • Women's Voices
The inside title page is covered in decorative floral and leaf scroll work. The title reads, [ILLUMINATED / DIARY / for / 1868.]. Underneath is an illustrated image of the sea with a mast ship. The publisher below reads, [PUBLISHED BY / TAGGARD & THOMPSON, No. 29 CORNHILL, / BOSTON.]
Biography

The Remarkable Rollin Sisters

  • Women's Voices
Cover image of "Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South"
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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

  • Women's Voices