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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06464 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1852 |
| Title | Advertisement for the book Life at the South |
| Date | 1 July 1852 |
| Author | Smith, W. L. G. (William L. G.) (1814-1878) |
| Additional authors | Whipple, Franklin (fl. 1852) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Advertisement for Smith's book by Franklin Whipple. Initialed postscript indicates that Whipple is ready to fill orders. The book was written by W. L. G. Smith. Displays the book's table of contents. Notes the book contains 500 pages with ten illustrations and will cost $1.50. Smith's goal is to depict "...the condition of the Slave in his rude but comfortable cabin... showing that, in the case of the slave at least, contentment bestows more happiness than freedom: and at the same time to represent, as it is, a class of people, viz: The Planter, to whom justice has seldom been done." |
| Subjects | Slave Life Slavery African American History Uncle Tom Propaganda |
| People | Smith, W. L. G. (William L. G.) (1814-1878) Whipple, Franklin (fl. 1852) Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) |
| Place written | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |