What does otherwise mean

Otherwise means or else or something else. Its different from what is presented

otherwise is like another option or considering something else

Explanation:

ex.    All of the books had been burned or otherwise destroyed

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.

i guess you are missing the idea that has to be supported, am i right?