Anti-Slavery Catechism

Title

Anti-Slavery Catechism

Subject

Slavery -- United States -- Controversial literature.
Slavery.

Description

Lydia Maria Child was one of the first American women to make a career from her writing. She completed her first novel at the age of 22. In the Anti-Slavery Catechism, Child has appropriated a format usually reserved for religion, thereby infusing her subject with the piety of religion.

Creator

Child, Lydia Maria (1802-1880)

Source

Cover

Publisher

Newburyport: Charles Whipple

Date

1836

Files

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Citation

Child, Lydia Maria (1802-1880), “Anti-Slavery Catechism,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed April 28, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/34.