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Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

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(4,5 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)

This is Stowe's second book, another one depicting the horrors of southern slavery, published 4 years after Uncle Tom's Cabin and 5 years before the commencement of the Civil War, when new territories wanting admittance into the US (Texas, Oklahoma, name the states), were vying to become slave states, threatening to spread the heinous system. While a work of fiction, the book successfully documents the horrors of the slave system, and depicts how some slaves escaped into the Dismal Swamp (a real place spreading over a million acres in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina), where they often lived for years hiding from their pursuers, often in community. Dred, one of Stowe's most unusual heroic characters, proclaims his mission as follows: ". . .the burden of the Lord is upon me . . . to show unto this people their iniquity, and be a sign unto this evil nation!'" The book depicts that slaves were not all passive victims, as so often portrayed, and had many white sympathizers, but all were caught in the grips of a legal system so stacked against them that nobody could overturn it without threats to life and limb. The book was welcomed by the anti-slavery movement in Europe as well as in America, and helped move the needle of sympathy to finally overthrowing the system. - Summary by Michele Fry (25 hr 41 min)

Chapters

00. Preface

5:29

Read by Michele Fry

01. The Mistress of Canema

21:44

Read by Michele Fry

02. Clayton

28:35

Read by William Allan Jones

03. The Clayton Family and Sister Anne

25:02

Read by William Allan Jones

04. The Gordon Family

46:34

Read by Michele Fry

05. Harry and his Wife

39:00

Read by William Allan Jones

06. The Dilemma

25:22

Read by Michele Fry

07. Consultation

10:02

Read by Michele Fry

08. Old Tiff

51:16

Read by William Allan Jones

09. The Death

11:29

Read by Michele Fry

10. The Preparation

24:09

Read by Michele Fry

11. The Lovers

28:30

Read by Michele Fry

12. Explanations

36:59

Read by Michele Fry

13. Tom Gordon

40:19

Read by Michele Fry

14. Aunt Nesbit's Loss

22:00

Read by Michele Fry

15. Mr. Jekyl's Opinions

14:19

Read by Michele Fry

16. Milly's Story

40:30

Read by Michele Fry

17. Uncle John

29:19

Read by Greg Giordano

18. Dred

19:43

Read by William Allan Jones

19. The Conspirators

27:02

Read by Larry Wilson

20. Summer Talk at Canema

25:57

Read by Michele Fry

21. Tiff's Preparations

19:11

Read by William Allan Jones

22. The Worshippers

35:59

Read by William Allan Jones

23a. The Camp Meeting

35:34

Read by Michele Fry

23b. The Camp Meeting

42:49

Read by Michele Fry

24. Life in the Swamps

20:51

Read by William Allan Jones

25. More Summer Talk

33:07

Read by Michele Fry

26. Milly's Return

12:35

Read by Michele Fry

27. The Trial

19:25

Read by William Allan Jones

28. Magnolia Grove

36:27

Read by Michele Fry

29. The Troubadour

26:26

Read by Michele Fry

30. Tiff's Garden

20:46

Read by Michele Fry

31. The Warning

12:36

Read by John

32. The Morning Star

14:18

Read by Michele Fry

33. The Legal Decision

28:54

Read by William Allan Jones

34. The Cloud Bursts

25:43

Read by Michele Fry

35. The Voice in the Wilderness

12:01

Read by John

36. The Evening Star

17:19

Read by Michele Fry

37. The Tie Breaks

17:33

Read by Kathleen Moore

38. The Purpose

18:26

Read by Kathleen Moore

39. The New Mother

15:25

Read by Kathleen Moore

40. The Flight into Egypt

30:28

Read by Kathleen Moore

41. The Clerical Conference

30:07

Read by Larry Wilson

42. The Result

24:18

Read by William Allan Jones

43. The Slave's Argument

28:01

Read by William Allan Jones

44. The Desert

23:12

Read by William Allan Jones

45. Jegar Sahadutha

30:56

Read by William Allan Jones

46. Frank Russel's Opinions

23:22

Read by William Allan Jones

47. Tom Gordon's Plans

13:50

Read by John

48. Lynch Law

29:22

Read by KevinS

49. More Violence

13:57

Read by KevinS

50. Engedi

22:31

Read by Greg Giordano

51. The Slave Hunt

13:29

Read by William Allan Jones

52. ''All Over''

17:38

Read by William Allan Jones

53. The Burial

12:50

Read by John

54. The Escape

19:44

Read by Pete McElveen

55. Lynch Law Again

28:50

Read by Pete McElveen

56. Flight

14:18

Read by Pete McElveen

57. Clear Shining after Rain

10:04

Read by KevinS

APPENDIX I

29:00

Read by KevinS

APPENDIX II

33:26

Read by KevinS

APPENDIX III

48:33

Read by William Allan Jones

Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

well read....found it more meaningful and clear than Uncle Tom's Cabin. Should be a movie.

Magnificent in scope, horrible in fact, beauty amidst pathos.

(5 Sterne)

A very worthwhile listen, and for a group project, all the readers brought authenticity to their roles. Dred especially outdid himself. Nina gave it her all, especially considering her transformation from flibbertygibit girl to mature leader. All was handled with believable seriousness by Stowe, largely resting her fiction on facts.