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Hanhart, M. & N. (1852) Uncle Tom's cabin No. 2: The slave mother.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.013.05 Author/Creator: Hanhart, M. & N. (1852) Place Written: London, England Type: Print Date: 1852 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; 34.5 x 24 cm. Order a Copy

Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ballad by George Linley. With illegible signature in upper right corner. Depicts a female slave with a small child fleeing from a master wielding a whip. Image by J. Brandard.

M. & N. Hanhart (London, England), fl. 1839-1882
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Linley, George, 1798-1865

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