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study trip to China

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Professor St. Clair

Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs

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This informative and affective book focuses on slavery prior to the Civil War. It is a great alternative for adolescent readers one that can provide them with a historical perspective as they learn about slavery and the many themes that are related to it including courage, fear, despair, etc... The book wraps itself around issues of freedom and death as well as emotions of hope, pain, and hate. Its an extroardinary example of how power, control, and colonization are initially at the heart of the issue. As we read deeper into the story, we begin to understand the problems that arise as this...

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