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QuizMultiple Choice

The Economic Impact of Slavery

Question 8 • DRHS GA-GSE US History A

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a free Black woman who contributed to the abolitionist movement by

Answer
A
leading a military expedition during the Civil War.
B
publishing poetry and giving anti-slavery lectures.
C
writing an autobiography about her time as an enslaved person.
D
being a conductor on the underground railroad.

Explanation

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper supported abolition through her writing and public speaking. She published poetry and gave lectures opposing slavery, helping build support for abolition. She was not known for leading a Civil War military expedition or serving as an Underground Railroad conductor, and she was born free rather than writing an autobiography about having been enslaved.

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