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Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
A 1936 illustration depicting Europe as Eliza from Uncle Tom's Cabin crossing the ice floes of crises that led to World War II.

A 1936 illustration depicting Europe as Eliza from Uncle Tom's Cabin crossing the ice floes of crises that led to World War II.

Citation Information
Fitzpatrick, Daniel Robert, “Will Eliza Never Get Across?,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/09845d50a643ab16da3bf6aa80e68c21.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of The State Historical Society of Missouri via Missouri Hub.

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A 1936 illustration depicting Europe as Eliza from Uncle Tom's Cabin crossing the ice floes of crises that led to World War II.

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