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

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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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abolition, abolition of slavery, abolitionist movement, anti-slavery literature, anti-slavery movement, emancipated slaves, emancipation, freedom for slaves, charles sumner, lydia child, lydia maria child, preston brooks, abolitionist
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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