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- Collection: Race, Slavery, and Abolition
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
This a hardback maroon colored book with gold plated pages. There is a small missing patch on the spine.Washington dedicated this book to his wife, Mrs. Margaret James Washington, and brother, Mr. John H. Washington. There are seventeen chapters.This…
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852 to shock people about the harsh realities of slavery and its effects on the slave and slave owner. The book focuses on the two protagonists, Eliza and Tom, two slaves that handle their…
The White Slave, or, Memoirs of a Fugitive: a Story of Slave Life in Virginia
The White Slave: Memoirs of a Fugitive is a novel written by R. Hildreth, Esquire in 1852. It is written as a first person narrative depicting the life of mixed-race slaves in antebellum Virginia. The novel delves into the societal position that…
The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
"The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852 as a factual guide to her first publicly acclaimed novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Harriet Beecher Stowe was faced with outrage and shock from society during a time…
