About Ann Plato
19th century African American/Native American author... | Ann Plato was a 19th-century African American educator and author. She was the second African-American woman to publish a book in the United States and the first to publish a book of essays and poems. As a young African-American girl writing in the 19th century, Plato has been described as an heir t
![“[Books] may sleep for a while and be neglected; but whenever the desire of information springs up in the human breast, there they are with mild wisdom ready to instruct and please us.” quote by Ann Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/ann-plato-70526_book_books-may-sleep-for-a-while-and-be-negle_2354293.png)
