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Slave Narratives

How writers have conveyed the injustices and truths of the lives of slaves in America, beginning in 1851 with Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin which brought the immorality of slavery home to a new audience, helping to ignite the Abolitionist movement.

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麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project