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<\/a>“Bury Me In A Free Land,” a poem by Frances E.W. Harper published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle on 20 November 1858. She sent a copy of this poem in a letter to A.D. Stevens while he awaited his trial and execution for his involvement in the Harpers Ferry Raid. Courtesy of Black Abolitionist Papers.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”References” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins. 82. \u201cBury Me in a Free Land\u201d by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.\u00a0Anti-Slavery Bugle<\/em>. 20 November 1858.\u00a0Black Abolitionist Papers<\/em>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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