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Judge Stroud House.

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Item No: pdcc00399
Title: Judge Stroud House.
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Distant view, from a snow-lined driveway lined with winter trees, of the facade of the house owned by Judge George M. Stroud. Judge Stroud was the author of a groundbreaking book documenting state slave laws. Entitled: A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of America. The 1827 volume was a key resource for Harriet Beecher Stowe when she was writing Uncle Tom's Cabin.


Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.5
Creator Name: Stroud, George M. (George McDowell), 1795-1875
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler