Kentucky; during the antebellum period. This being in the 1850's was a time period

when slavery was accepted in the south. Eleven years after this story was published

(January 1, 1863) President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which

virtually ended almost 250 years of American slavery (1619-1865). To the Americans,

slavery was their right as a person, African Americans were known as objects and were

often treated like animals. When the Declaration of Independence was written it said

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are

endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,

Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." Written by Thomas Jefferson, but at the same

time they reflected the attitudes of a nation in which individual rights were trampled by a

foreign government. But at the same time, Jefferson owned over two hundred slaves at

his Virginian plantation. At that time slaves were only counted as 3/5 of a person. This

novel is one of few that actually stands out as and exception to the rule that novels are to

Canada, using the "underground railroad"; a secret network of people who usher runaway

that he is happy because he knows he will soon see heaven.

kneeled by one consent, a more touching and hearty Te Deum never ascended to heaven,

upstaged only by his unbending piety. Though he cannot write well and is a slow reader,

to the next. Upon reaching the shore in Ohio, Mr. Symmes, a man who has observed her

I choose this passage, it being the very last passage of the book and to me the

the concluding remarks of the author, about the lessons learned from the "series of

though borne on the peal of organ, bell, and cannon, than came from that honest old

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Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)