American slavery: repr. of an article [by N.W. Senior, entitled Slavery in the United States] on 'Uncle Tom's cabin' [by H.E.B. Stowe] and of mr. Sumner's speech of the 19th and 20th of May, 1856. With a notice of the events which followed that speech |
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... popular ideal of the Christian " hero , saint , and martyr , it would , perhaps , scarcely " have been known out of the small circle of anti- " slavery readers , or , at least , the not large circle of " novel readers , instead of ...
... popular ideal of the Christian " hero , saint , and martyr , it would , perhaps , scarcely " have been known out of the small circle of anti- " slavery readers , or , at least , the not large circle of " novel readers , instead of ...
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... popular of all Mrs. Stowe's dramatis persona , probably because she is the most original . Nature intended her to be intelligent and affectionate , but she has grown up to girlhood without having ever received instruction or experienced ...
... popular of all Mrs. Stowe's dramatis persona , probably because she is the most original . Nature intended her to be intelligent and affectionate , but she has grown up to girlhood without having ever received instruction or experienced ...
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... popular literature of America is English , and the popular literature of England is American . Reprints of American works of fiction , in which the matter of a large volume is compressed into 400 duodecimo pages of small print on bad ...
... popular literature of America is English , and the popular literature of England is American . Reprints of American works of fiction , in which the matter of a large volume is compressed into 400 duodecimo pages of small print on bad ...
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... popular institutions , more sacred than any heathen altar , have been desecrated ; where the ballot - box , more precious than any work , in ivory or marble , from the cunning hand of art , has been plundered ; and where - - the cry ...
... popular institutions , more sacred than any heathen altar , have been desecrated ; where the ballot - box , more precious than any work , in ivory or marble , from the cunning hand of art , has been plundered ; and where - - the cry ...
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