The Fugitive Slave Law in the life of Frederick Douglass : an American slave and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin : American society transforms its culture /

This book shows how abolitionists used rhetoric and discourse, rather than violence, to change opinions about slavery. Books like Uncle Tom's Cabin incite people to take action and they provoke a sense of urgency about the matter. Less than a decade before an impending civil war the United Stat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Del Guercio, Gerardo, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : The Edwin Mellen Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895. > Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896. > Uncle Tom's cabin.
United States. > Fugitive slave law (1850)
Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850)
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave (Douglass, Frederick)
Uncle Tom's cabin (Stowe, Harriet Beecher)
1800-1899
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Slavery in literature.
Law and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Droit et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
American literature
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Law and literature
Slavery in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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