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Dred is the story of Nina Gordon, an impetuous young heiress to a large southern plantation, whose land is rapidly becoming worthless. It is run competently by one of Nina's slaves, Harry, who endures a murderous rivalry with Nina's brother Tom Gordon, a drunken, cruel slaveowner.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1856
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- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- English
- 1856
- Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
Harriet Beecher Stowe published Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp in 1856 as a follow up to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853), the most successful and controversial abolitionist tract ever written. Dred is set in Chowan County, near the Great Dismal Swamp.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1856
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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.
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Mar 21, 2016 · A compelling and highly readable indictment of slavery in America, "Dred" takes risks that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" did not. The ending of "Dred" is powerful and strong, unlike that of "Uncle Tom", which seemed to advocate ultimately that the slaves should be freed and encourged to return to Africa.
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- 1856
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Jun 30, 2017 · Title: Dred A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp Author: Harriet beecher Stowe Release Date: June 30, 2017 [EBook #55012] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DRED *** Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was ...
Feb 27, 2006 · 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.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
