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WSJHS |
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Dolls of Democracy hand made doll of Harriet Beecher Stowe- historical figure, modeled head and hands- 19th century hairstyle- hair painted brown, suit has vertical stripes of pastel pink, green with narrow bands of brown trimmed in black lace down front and neck accented with black glass seed beads, small black satin bows on sleeves plus two petticoats and pantaloons, head and upper torso leans left- body stable on stand.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist and author. Stowe's most famous novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), depicted life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became an immediate sensation and very influential in the U.S. and Britain. It was vehemently denounced in the South; where reading or possessing the book became an extremely dangerous enterprise. With sales of 300,000 in the first year, the book exerted an influence equaled by few other novels in history, helping to solidify both pro- and antislavery sentiment. Upon meeting Stowe, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, "So this is the little old lady who started this new Great War!" |
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Dolls, portrait |
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