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Slavery in New Eng_edited2.pdf
Sedgwick tells the story of Elizabeth Freeman ("Mum-Bett"), a slave in Massachusetts, who sought and won her freedom after hearing a reading of the Declaration of Independence, with the help of Theodore Sedgwick. She also recounts many of Freeman's…

A VISION edited.pdf
The narrator has a vision of two female spirits that represent the ideal of a natural and healthy life.

A Huguenot Family Edited.pdf
A story that chronicles the trials of the d’Argile family during the Catholic persecution of the Huguenots—French Protestants—in 1672 under the reign of the “Sun King,” Louis XIV.

Full Thirty_edited.pdf
A young woman and her mother find themselves in reduced circumstances after a fire that devastates New York City. The daughter is supported in her efforts to earn a living by an older female friend of the family, who narrates the story, and a mature…

Uncle David edited.pdf
An uncle teaches his nieces and nephews lessons about economics, gentility, and falls in love with a worthy woman.

A New-England Sabbath edited.pdf
The narrator describes how the Sabbath is observed by the descendants of the Puritans in a typical New-England village.

The Good Son- Edited.pdf
After a father's financial loss, his young son secretly works as a gardener while at boarding school to help earn money for his family.

Truth vs. Fiction edited.pdf
The narrator is encouraged to abandon fiction and to write about real life, and tells the stories of two village women who passed in the previous year.
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