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Bit on page 177 about "Ida May": In the story, a young white girl was abducted and sold into slavery. She spent eight years enslaved in South Carolina before being rescued and returned to her home in Pennsylvania." Not quite. I read this book, and I've gone now to Internet Archive and to Broadview Books (the publisher whose edition I read) to refresh my memories.
— Aug 06, 2026 10:08AM
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This page is comedic – and tragedic - gold. Good thing everyone is asleep, because I was honestly laughing out loud. Pairs nicely with that song “happy to keep his dinner warm“ from “how to succeed in business without really trying.“
— Aug 10, 2026 10:19PM
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Still glad I read Puleo's book(s) first for what I got about Preston Brooks (man, how many ways can I screw up that man's name) and about Taney, since Tameez doesn't spend much time on their personalities/backround. Fair! but I still found that stuff interesting. Actually, just sitting here poking around in "The Great Abolutionist" again is fun re: the difference in stylistic approach Puleo takes anyway.
— Aug 10, 2026 11:08AM
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Randomly, I pulled a copy of Puleo's book to kind of compare the two for a minute. This is 533 pages with 535 - 611 backmatter (not include index). "The Great Abolitionist" is 404 pages, with 405 - 433 backmatter, making this the more scholarly of the two. But also, 208-533 (63.5 percent) of this book is after the caning; 160 - 404 (60.6 percent) in "The Great Abolitionist."
— Aug 10, 2026 10:55AM
slauderdale
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Ugh, Andrew Johnson. On the backs of the Blacks, you son of an expletive.
— Aug 10, 2026 10:30AM
slauderdale
is on page 301 of 640
“We have more to suffer; we have deserved it.“ 8(
— Aug 08, 2026 10:56PM