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Language
English
Description
"The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go...
Author
Series
Radcliffe College monographs volume no. 11
Publisher
P. Smith
Pub. Date
1965.
Physical Desc
xv, 255 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Anti-slavery tracts volume new ser., no. 5
Publisher
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society
Pub. Date
1860.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages).
Language
English
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