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UNINA9910825571003321 |
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Autore |
Dempsey Terrell <1954-> |
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Searching for Jim : slavery in Sam Clemens's world / / Terrell Dempsey |
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Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Mark Twain and his circle series |
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Disciplina |
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Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century |
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century |
Slavery - Missouri - Hannibal - History - 19th century |
Slavery - United States - History - 19th century |
Authors, American - 19th century |
Slavery in literature |
Racism in literature |
Hannibal (Mo.) Intellectual life 19th century |
Hannibal (Mo.) Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-303) and index. |
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 A Performance Spring 1891 - Hartford, Connecticut -- Chapter 2 1839 -- Chapter 3 Slavery and the Clemens Family -- Chapter 4 The Abolition Movement across the River -- Chapter 5 The Contest Begins -- Chapter 6 The Trial of Thompson, Work, and Burr -- Chapter 7 Judge John Marshall Clemens -- Chapter 8 Slavery and the Churches of Hannibal -- Chapter 9 The Theology of Slavery -- Chapter 10 The Face of Domestic Slavery in Hannibal -- Chapter 11 The Siege Begins -- Chapter 12 The Emancipation and Colonization Movement -- Chapter 13 1849 and 1850 Terror in Marion County -- Chapter 14 Sam Clemens and the Press in Slave Culture -- Chapter 15 Runaway Slaves and Slave Resistance -- Chapter 16 Battling Abolitionists in the Press The Enemy Without -- Chapter 17 Dehumanizing the Slave in the Press -- Chapter 18 The Slave Trade in Hannibal -- Chapter 19 Leaving |
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