Book/Printed Material Light beyond the darkness

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Title
Light beyond the darkness
Summary
Harper was a freed African American woman from Baltimore. She rebuts the call of Maurice Thompson for Black revenge and an uprising against white society in favor of racial cooperation and harmony.
Contributor Names
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911.
Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
Chicago : Donohue & Henneberry, [189-?]
Subject Headings
-  African Americans--Poetry
Genre
Poems--Illinois--Chicago--19th century
Notes
-  Cover title.
-  LC copy has inscription in ink on cover: Chicago, Ill. 189-.
-  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Medium
8 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
E449 .D16 vol. B, no. 13
Library of Congress Control Number
90898304
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https://lccn.loc.gov/90898304
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Chicago citation style:

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Light Beyond the Darkness. [Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 189-?, 1890] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898304/.

APA citation style:

Harper, F. E. W. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1890) Light Beyond the Darkness. [Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 189-?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898304/.

MLA citation style:

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Light Beyond the Darkness. [Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 189-?, 1890] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898304/>.

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