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Emory University

Lewis H. Beck Center: Child, Lydia: How a Kentucky Girl Emancipated Her Slaves

For Students 9th - 10th
Download the full text to Lydia Maria Child's "How a Kentucky Girl Emancipated Her Slaves." This account of a woman who freed her slaves was originally written by Lydia Child in 1862 and published in The New York Tribune.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 5th - 8th
Harriet Beecher Stowe threw gas on the fire of the slavery issue with the publication of her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Read about her background as an abolitionist, and find out the influence her book had in the North and even in Great...
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Other

Page by Page Books: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains links to the complete text of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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University of North Carolina

The Church in the Southern Black Community: George Bourne, 1780 1845

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of North Carolina contains the text of George Bourne's 19th-century argument against slavery using the Bible as an instrument to prove that slavery is morally wrong.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Literature: Resistance and Abolition

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the resistance and abolition of slavery in the United States. It discusses the ways in which the slaves resisted slavery and the role abolitionists played.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: Uncle Tom's Cabin

For Students 9th - 10th
A commentary on the popular abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Other

Women in History: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief listing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's education, family background, and her accomplishments.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Harriet B. Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ohio Historical Society offers a beautiful portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the famous "Uncle Tom's Cabin."