| Description |
xvii, 316 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map, facsims. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Mark Twain and his circle series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-303) and index. |
| Contents |
A performance : Spring 1891, Hartford, Connecticut -- 1839 -- Slavery and the Clemens family -- The abolition movement across the river -- The contest begins -- The trial of Thompson, Work, and Burr -- Judge John Marshall Clemens -- Slavery and the churches of Hannibal -- The theology of slavery -- The face of domestic slavery in Hannibal -- The siege begins -- The emancipation and colonization movement -- 1849 and 1850 : terror in Marion County -- Sam Clemens and the press in slave culture -- Runaway slaves and slave resistance -- Battling abolitionists in the press : the enemy without -- Dehumanizing the slave in the press -- The slave trade in Hannibal -- Leaving Hannibal and taking a swipe at the abolitionists -- The great change : the railroad -- Steamboating days -- Sam Clemens comes back to fight. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Political and social views.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts -- Missouri -- Hannibal.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery -- Missouri -- Hannibal -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Family.
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Hannibal (Mo.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Hannibal (Mo.) -- Social conditions.
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Slavery in literature.
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Racism in literature.
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| Added Title |
Slavery in Sam Clemens's world |
| ISBN |
0826214851 (alk. paper) |
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9780826214850 (alk. paper) |
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