Lucretia Newman Coleman | |
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Born | Lucretia Howe Newman 1856 |
Died | July 31, 1948 | (aged 91–92)
Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Years active | 1883–1894 |
Spouse | Robert J. Coleman |
Father | William P. Newman |
Lucretia Newman Coleman (1856 – July 31, 1948) was an African-American writer born in British North America to a fugitive slave. Fluent at the end of the nineteenth-century, her works were praised by her contemporaries of the African-American press.