Lucretia Newman Coleman

Lucretia Newman Coleman
1890
Born
Lucretia Howe Newman

1856
DiedJuly 31, 1948(1948-07-31) (aged 91–92)
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist
Years active1883–1894
SpouseRobert J. Coleman
FatherWilliam 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.