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title: 'Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, Vol. 1'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Harriet Beecher Stowe'
date: 1856-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'Fiction'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 1'
- 'Galatians 3'
- 'Isaiah 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stowe-1856-dred-a-tale-of-the-great-dismal-swamp-vol-1
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# Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, Vol. 1

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.

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