Cudjo’s Cave (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Townsend Trowbridge
- First Published: 1863
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical romance
- Time of Work: 1861
- Setting: Tennessee
- Principal Characters: Penn Hapgood, Mr. Villars, Virginia, Salina, Lysander Sprowl, Augustus Blythewood, Mr. Stackridge, Carl, Old Toby, Cudjo, Pomp, Silas Ropes
- 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
The Story:
In 1861, Penn Hapgood, a young Quaker, was the schoolmaster in the small Tennessee town of Curryville. Because he made no effort to conceal his antislavery convictions, he was unpopular among the hotheaded Secessionists of the community. The Unionists, on the other hand, had offered him a commission in the militia unit that they were secretly organizing. Penn refused the commission offered him on the grounds of his religious faith.
His unpopularity grew after he aided Dan Pepperill, a poor white, flogged and ridden on a rail because he had befriended a...
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