1853 ⟶ Solomon Northup's Memoir 'Twelve Years a Slave' Published
Twelve Years a Slave is a memoir and slave narrative by Amer...
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🐳 Herman Melville's Novel Moby-Dick Published
Herman Melville publishes Moby-Dick.⟶
American LiteratureNovelRomanticismLiteratureGlobal Impact
United States📖 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.⟶
SlaveryAmerican HistoryCivil WarLiteratureSocial CommentaryAbolitionism
United States✍️ 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.⟶
LiteratureAfrican American HistoryNovelSlaveryAmerican LiteratureCivil Rights
United States✍️ Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' Published
⚔️ American Civil War Begins
1861–1865: American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy.⟶
Civil WarSecessionWarfareAmerican HistorySlaveryUnionAbraham Lincoln
United States📚 Mark Twain Publishes 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'
Mark Twain publishes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.⟶
LiteratureAmerican LiteratureNovelSatireSlaverySocial Commentary
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