Dred A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

Name: Dred A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
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ISBN: 9780807856857

ISBN-10: 0807856851

ISBN-13: 9780807856857

Edition: 2006

Authors: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert S. Levine

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's second antislavery novel was written partly in response to the criticisms ofUncle Tom's Cabin(1852) by both white Southerners and black abolitionists. InDred(1856), Stowe attempts to explore the issue of slavery from an African American perspective. Through the compelling stories of Nina Gordon, the mistress of a slave plantation, and Dred, a black revolutionary, Stowe brings to life conflicting beliefs about race, the institution of slavery, and the possibilities of violent resistance. Probing the political and spiritual goals that fuel Dred's rebellion, Stowe creates a figure far different from the acquiescent Christian martyr Uncle Tom. In his introduction to the…

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List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 656
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.45" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer best known for her first novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.



Introduction


In Two Volumes


Preface



the Mistress of Canema



Clayton



Clayton



the Gordon Family



Harry and His Wife



Harry and His Wife



Harry and His Wife



Harry and His Wife



Harry and His Wife



Harry and His Wife



Harry and His Wife



Aunt Nesbit's Loss



Mr. Jekyl's Opinions



Mr. Jekyl's Opinions



Uncle John



Dred



the Conspirators



Summer Talk at Canema



Summer Talk at Canema



Summer Talk at Canema



Summer Talk at Canema


IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II



Life in the Swamps



More Summer Talk



the Trial



Magnolia Grove



Magnolia Grove



Tiff's Garden



the Warning



the Warning



the Legal Decision



the Cloud Bursts



the Cloud Bursts



the Evening Star



the Tie Breaks



† the Purpose



the New Mother



the Flight into Egypt



the Clerical Conference



the Clerical Conference



the Slave's Argument



the Desert



the Desert



the Desert



the Desert



the Desert



the Desert



the Desert



the Desert



the Burial



the Escape



Lynch Law Again



Clear Shining After Rain



Nat Turner's Confessions






Church Action on Slavery


Notes


A Note on the Text


Suggestions for Further Reading