Scrapbook, 1852-1873.

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Scrapbook, 1852-1873.

1852-1873

Compositions and sketches by her pupils at the Cheney School in Manchester, Conn.; topics include Ednah Cheney's description of Harriet Tubman's role in the underground railroad, the fugitive slave law, the Wide Awakes, the Civil War, the temperance Band of Hope from Bolton, Conn., manners and social activities.

1 v. : ill. ; 35 cm.

eng, Latn

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Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904

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Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (June 27, 1824 – November 19, 1904) was an American writer, reformer, and philanthropist. She was born on Beacon Hill, Boston, June 27, 1824; and was educated in private schools in Boston. Cheney served as secretary of the School of Design for Women in Boston from 1851 till 1854. She married portrait artist Seth Wells Cheney on May 19, 1853. His ill-health limited his volume of work and after a winter trip abroad (1854-1855) he died in 1856. They had one child, Mar...

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; b. ca. 1822–d. March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved families and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Har...

Cheney School (Manchester, Conn.)

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Cheney, Jane, 1811-1885.

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Wide-Awakes (Organization)

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Band of Hope (Bolton, Conn.)

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