On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It combined all the power and pathos of preceding publications of the kind, and was hailed by many as an inspired production.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It combined all the power and pathos of preceding publications of the kind, and was hailed by many as an inspired…”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass describes "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as a culmination of previous anti-slavery literature, widely regarded as divinely inspired.
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