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Searching for Jim : slavery in Sam Clemens's world /

Main Author: Dempsey, Terrell, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2003.
Series:Mark Twain and his circle series
Subjects:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Political and social views.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Homes and haunts > Missouri > Hannibal.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Family.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910.
Literature and society > History > 19th century. > United States
Antislavery movements > History > 19th century. > United States
Slavery > History > 19th century. > Missouri > Hannibal
Slavery > History > 19th century. > United States
Authors, American > 19th century
Slavery in literature.
Racism in literature.
Authors, American > 19th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Antislavery movements.
Authors, American.
Families.
Homes.
Intellectual life.
Literature and society.
Political and social views.
Slavery.
Social conditions
Slavernij.
Hannibal (Mo.) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Hannibal (Mo.) > Social conditions.
Missouri > Hannibal.
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