This author presented a harsh version of Southern family lif…
This author presented a harsh version of Southern family life in the slave narrative that bears her name. She focused on the suffering of female slaves and recounts her sexual harassment at the hands of her master. She eventually escaped to freedom in the North.
Read DetailsThis author edited the Dial, a Transcendentalist journal. He…
This author edited the Dial, a Transcendentalist journal. Her father was a lawyer and congressman, and he educated her rigorously. She became a teacher to help support her family after the death of her father. She wanted to inspire women to consider more possibilities in life than being housewives. She sought equality with men. She spent time living in Italy and had a child with an Italian nobleman, Giovanni Ossoli, whom she may have married. Along with her son and husband, she died a tragic death in a shipwreck as she was returning to the United States.
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