Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, Vol. 1 Harriet Beecher Stowe ⬩ 1856 Preface and opening chapters of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp—an abolitionist novel exposing the moral crisis of American slavery. Archive ⬩ Fiction, Race Relations and Slavery, Slavery Download Print