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The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
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25 totalTHE SABLE CLOUD: - A SOUTHERN TALE, - WITH NORTHERN COMMENTS. - BY THE AUTHOR OF "A SOUTH-SIDE VIEW OF SLAVERY."
TICKNOR AND FIELDS,
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H O HOUGHTON - PAGE CHAPTER I. DEATH AND BURIAL OF A SLAVE'S INFANT 1 - CHAPTER II. NORTHERN COMMENTS ON SOUTHERN LIFE 5 - CHAPTER III. MORBID NORTHERN CONSCIENCE 32 - CHAPTER IV. RESOLUTIONS FOR A CONVENTION 53 - CHAPTER V. THE GOOD NORTHERN LADY'S LETTER FROM THE SOUTH 59 - CHAPTER VI. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 118 - CHAPTER VII. OWNERSHIP IN MAN.—THE OLD TESTAMENT SLAVERY 150 - CHAPTER VIII. THE TENURE 177 - CHAPTER IX. DISCUSSION IN PHILEMON'S CHURCH AT THE RETURN OF ONESIMUS 205 - CHAPTER X. THE FUTURE 239 - CHAPTER I. - DEATH AND BURIAL OF A SLAVE'S INFANT.
CHAPTER II. - NORTHERN COMMENTS ON SOUTHERN LIFE.
LETTER FROM MR. NORTH, INCLOSING THE FOREGOING. INFLUENCE OF THE LETTER UPON HIS WIFE. - MY DEAR MR. A. BETTERDAY CUMMING:—
CHAPTER III. - MORBID NORTHERN CONSCIENCE.
CHAPTER IV. - RESOLUTIONS FOR A CONVENTION.
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Description
A quiet, painful correspondence opens this early‑civil‑war work, offering a mother’s grief over the loss of her infant in a Southern plantation household. The letter’s vivid detail—an improvised grave, the rising water, the weight of earth on a tiny chest—draws listeners into the intimate reality of enslaved families, while the surrounding commentary frames the scene within the larger tensions of the era.
The author interweaves that personal sorrow with a series of northern essays, theological debates, and moral reflections, creating a layered portrait of a nation on the brink. Listeners will hear the clash of convictions, the uneasy compassion of outsiders, and the stubborn persistence of everyday people trying to make sense of a deeply divided world. The result is a thoughtful, human‑centered exploration of loss, conscience, and the fragile hope for change.
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en
Duration
~7 hours (458K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2005-01-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Nehemiah Adams
1806–1878
A longtime Boston Congregational minister, he wrote sermons, devotional works, and travel books that reached a wide 19th-century readership. He is also remembered for sparking controversy with his 1855 defense of slavery after a visit to the American South.
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