Dec 28, 2009
Cudjo’s Cave | Cudjo’s Cave
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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