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Three people were instrumental in bringing slavery to the forefront of everyone's mind before and during the Civil War: Harriett Beecher Stowe of who Lincoln said, 'So this is the little lady that started this war.' William Lloyd Garrison whose 'Liberator' started the 'fire'. When asked why he was so fiery about being heard' he replied that 'I have so much ice to melt!' Then we come to Frederick Douglass who 'fanned' Garrison's fire. His story was spread all over the North by his own eloquence forged from a life of the lash. Douglass's three autobiographies in this volume shout and illuminate the savagery and brutality of slavery both in the South where it was allowed to continue daily, while in the North it was tolerated or even excused in the name of the almighty dollar. In short this book is a gem and no Lincoln, or Civil War library can be without it. Rob HutchinsRead full review
It is a book everyone should have in their library, along with the unabridged Uncle Tom's Cabin, a Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Road to Dawn, a biography of Josiah Henson the man who Uncle Tom was based on. I do like the Library of America's format and the quality of the books they publish. They are always a good value especially if you can get one in very good condition. I have several volumes of theirs, Melville, Irving and Stevenson, I never regret the purchase.
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Should be required reading in high school
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