Octavia V. Rogers Albert facts for kids
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Octavia V. Rogers Albert
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| Born | December 24, 1853 Oglethorpe, Georgia |
| Died | August 19, 1889 (aged 35) |
| Occupation | Author and biographer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Biography |
| Notable works | The House of ..., or Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves (1890) |
Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert (December 24, 1853 – August 19, 1889) was an African-American author and biographer. She documented slavery in the United States through a collection of interviews with ex-slaves in her book The House of ..., or Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves, which was posthumously published in 1890.
Early life
She was born Octavia Victoria Rogers in Oglethorpe, Georgia, where she lived in slavery until the emancipation. She attended Atlanta University where she studied to be a teacher. Octavia Rogers saw teaching as a form of worship and Christian service. She received her first teaching job in Montezuma, Georgia.
Marriage and Family
In 1874, at around 21 years old, she married another teacher, Dr. Aristide Elphonso Peter Albert, and they had one daughter together, Laura T. Albert. In 1875 Octavia converted to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a church under the ministry of Henry McNeal Turner, a Congressman and prominent political activist. After her conversion, she then taught because she saw teaching as a form of worship and as a part of her Christian service like her fellow contemporaries. While teaching in Montezuma, Georgia, both she and her husband became strong advocates for education and "American religion" as they used their home to teach reading and writing lessons. Her husband became an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1877. Shortly after the couple married, they moved to Houma, Louisiana.
See also
In Spanish: Octavia V. Rogers Albert para niños
