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Daughters of Harriet /

"Drawing inspiration from the life of Harriet Tubman, these poetic narratives follow a historical arc of consciousness of Black folks mislaid in potters' fields and catalogued with other misbegotten souls, now unsettled as the unknown Black denominator. Who loved them? Who turned them away...

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Autor principal: Parker-Ohene, Cynthia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fort Collins : The Center for Literary Publishing, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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