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Cover of Essays including biographies and miscellaneous pieces, in prose and poetry

Ann Plato: A Panel on Hartford’s Pioneer Black Writer and Educator

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The first Black-Indigenous woman to publish a book of essays and poems was from Hartford, Connecticut! Her name was Ann Plato. At sixteen years old, she would publish: Essays including biographies and miscellaneous pieces, in prose and poetry. Ann Plato was an educator, writer, congregant, and connected with Hartford’s abolitionist movement. Join us the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for a panel conversation with experts on one of Hartford’s most important histor

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

77 Forest St, Hartford, CT 06105

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