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Also Known As Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins • Sarah A. Allen
Born 1859 • Portland • Maine
Died August 13, 1930 (aged 71) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Notable Works “Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South”
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