Cudjo’s Cave (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Townsend Trowbridge
- First Published: 1863
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1861
- Setting: Tennessee
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, South or Southerners, Abolitionists, Escapes, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Schools or school life, Ministry or ministers, Disasters, Fire, Society of Friends or Quakers
- Locales: South (U.S.), Tennessee
Characters Discussed
Penn Hapgood, a young Quaker schoolmaster in a Tennessee town. It is 1861, and Penn’s antislavery convictions make him unpopular among the Secessionists. He steadfastly defends his convictions and aids others with antislavery and Unionist leanings, though his reversals include being tarred and feathered, having to hide out in a secret cave, undergoing capture and just missing hanging, and being captured again and almost bayoneted. At last, his chief enemy is taken and forced to sign a safe-conduct pass for Penn and his party. Reaching Pennsylvania by way...
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