1884Mark Twain Publishes 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'

Mark Twain publishes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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🐳 Herman Melville's Novel Moby-Dick Published

Herman Melville's Novel Moby-Dick Published (1851)
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✍️ William Wells Brown Publishes Clotel, First Novel by an African American

William Wells Brown (1814–1884) wrote first novel published by an African American, Clotel.
William Wells Brown Publishes Clotel, First Novel by an African American (1853)
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📖 Solomon Northup's Memoir 'Twelve Years a Slave' Published

Twelve Years a Slave is a memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson.
Solomon Northup's Memoir 'Twelve Years a Slave' Published (1853)
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✍️ Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' Published

Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' Published (1855)
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📚 Mark Twain Publishes 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'

Mark Twain Publishes 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (1884)
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🧙 L. Frank Baum Publishes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum Publishes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
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