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Domestic manners of the Americans

by Frances Milton Trollope · 1832

Essays · ranked #16 in category

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When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her

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Category
Essays
First published
1832 · 1830s
Author
Frances Milton Trollope
Standing
Recommended

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