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Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp is the second popular novel from American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was first published in two volumes by Phillips, Sampson and Company in 1856. Although it enjoyed better initial sales than her previous, and more famous, novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, it was ultimately less popular. Dred, the titular character, is one of the Great Dismal Swamp maroons, escaped slaves living in the Great Dismal Swamp, preaching angry and violent retribution for the evils of slavery and rescuing escapees from the dog of the slavecatchers. The response to Stowe's first work greatly impacted her second anti-slavery novel. Uncle Tom's Cabin drew criticism from abolitionists and African-American authors for the passive martyrdom of Uncle Tom and endorsement of colonization as the solution to slavery. Dred, by contrast, introduces a black revolutionary character who is presented as an heir to the American revolution rather than a problem to be expatriated. Dred can thus be placed within an African-American literary tradition as well as a political revision of the sentimental novel (see David Walker's Appeal (1829) and Frederick Douglass's The Heroic Slave (1852)). The novel is also interesting in the historical context of runaway slave communities surviving for a long time in swamp areas. Swamps were places where runaway slaves could hide, and therefore became a taboo subject, particularly in the south. The best hiding places were found on high ground in swampy areas. (Amazon)
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GenreHorror, Literary Classics
Length25 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
32CHAPTER XXXI. THE WARNING.
2CHAPTER I. THE MISTRESS OF CANEMA.
33CHAPTER XXXII. THE MORNING STAR.
3CHAPTER II. CLAYTON.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LEGAL DECISION.
4CHAPTER III. THE CLAYTON FAMILY AND SISTER ANNE.
35CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CLOUD BURSTS.
5CHAPTER IV. THE GORDON FAMILY.
36CHAPTER XXXV. THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.
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6CHAPTER V. HARRY AND HIS WIFE.
37CHAPTER XXXVI. THE EVENING STAR.
7CHAPTER VI. THE DILEMMA.
38CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TIE BREAKS.
8CHAPTER VII. CONSULTATION.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PURPOSE.
9CHAPTER VIII. OLD TIFF.
40CHAPTER XXXIX. THE NEW MOTHER.
10CHAPTER IX. THE DEATH.
41CHAPTER XL. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
11CHAPTER X. THE PREPARATION.
42CHAPTER XLI. THE CLERICAL CONFERENCE.
12CHAPTER XI. THE LOVERS.
43CHAPTER XLII. THE RESULT.
13CHAPTER XII. EXPLANATIONS.
44CHAPTER XLIII. THE SLAVE'S ARGUMENT.
14CHAPTER XIII. TOM GORDON.
45CHAPTER XLIV. THE DESERT.
15CHAPTER XIV. AUNT NESBIT'S LOSS.
46CHAPTER XLV. JEGAR SAHADUTHA.
16CHAPTER XV. MR. JEKYL'S OPINIONS.
47CHAPTER XLVI. FRANK RUSSEL'S OPINIONS.
17CHAPTER XVI. MILLY'S STORY.
48CHAPTER XLVII. TOM GORDON'S PLANS.
18CHAPTER XVII. UNCLE JOHN.
49CHAPTER XLVIII. LYNCH LAW.
19CHAPTER XVIII. DRED.
50CHAPTER XLIX. MORE VIOLENCE.
20CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSPIRATORS.
51CHAPTER L. ENGEDI.
21CHAPTER XX. SUMMER TALK AT CANEMA.
52CHAPTER LI. THE SLAVE HUNT.
22CHAPTER XXI. TIFF'S PREPARATIONS.
53CHAPTER LII. "ALL OVER."
23CHAPTER XXII. THE WORSHIPPERS.
54CHAPTER LIII. THE BURIAL.
24CHAPTER XXIII. THE CAMP-MEETING.
55CHAPTER LIV. THE ESCAPE.
25CHAPTER XXIV. LIFE IN THE SWAMPS.
56CHAPTER LV. LYNCH LAW AGAIN.
26CHAPTER XXV. MORE SUMMER TALK.
57CHAPTER LVI. FLIGHT.
27CHAPTER XXVI. MILLY'S RETURN.
58CHAPTER LVII. CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN.
28CHAPTER XXVII. THE TRIAL.
59APPENDIX I.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. MAGNOLIA GROVE.
60APPENDIX II.
30CHAPTER XXIX. THE TROUBADOUR.
61APPENDIX III.
31CHAPTER XXX. TIFF'S GARDEN.
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