Lydia Child was an American abolitionist, womens rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, and Indian rights activist. She is most remembered for her poem Over the River and Through the Woods. Lydia Child believed that interracial marriage would help the races come together with understanding and sympathy. She felt her novel could show historical wrongs in the hope of changing the state of racial relations. This social commentary will elicit discussions on 19th century racial relations as well as the current state of racial relations. Philothea : A Grecian Romance begins, "The...
Lydia Child was an American abolitionist, womens rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, and Indian rights activist. She is most remember...
Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 1897) was born into slavery in North Carolina, but escaped to the north to flee her owner's sexual advances. This autobiography was published under a pseudonym in 1861 to protect her family. She became involved with the Anti-Slavery Society, speaking at meetings in support of abolition. The book was aimed at middle-class white women, and stresses the impact of slavery on women's chastity, as slaves were frequently sexually exploited. She is highly critical of the nominal Christianity of the culture of the southern States. Much of the narrative deals with her efforts...
Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 1897) was born into slavery in North Carolina, but escaped to the north to flee her owner's sexual advances. This autobiograp...
This is an illustrated version of the well-known text describing the joys of a Thanksgiving visit to grandmother's house. Manson's woodcuts, painted in the colours of a snowy evening, lovingly depict the wintry countryside.
This is an illustrated version of the well-known text describing the joys of a Thanksgiving visit to grandmother's house. Manson's woodcuts, painted i...
