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Lydia Maria Child is better known as the abolitionist who supported Harriet Jacob’s masterpiece, Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, but very few people know that Lydia Maria Child was a prolific author who had dedicated her life for the abolition of slavery in her actions and writings. This edition brings to you her 7 hard hitting anti-slavery stories in one volume: Slavery’s Pleasant Homes The Quadroons Charity Bowery The Emancipated Slaveholders Anecdote of Elias Hicks The Black Saxons Jan and Zaida Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy through her stories.
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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Lydia Maria Child is better known as the abolitionist who supported Harriet Jacob’s masterpiece, Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, but very few people know that Lydia Maria Child was a prolific author who had dedicated her life for the abolition of slavery in her actions and writings. This edition brings to you her 7 hard hitting anti-slavery stories in one volume: Slavery’s Pleasant Homes The Quadroons Charity Bowery The Emancipated Slaveholders Anecdote of Elias Hicks The Black Saxons Jan and Zaida Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy through her stories.