The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900 by Dixon
"The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900" by Thomas Dixon is a novel published in 1902. The first book in Dixon's Reconstruction trilogy presents a controversial portrayal of the post-Civil War South, depicting Reconstruction leaders and emancipated slaves as villains while casting Ku Klux Klan members as anti-heroes. Written as a direct response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Dixon reimagines Stowe's characters with inverted sympathies, promoting white
supremacist ideology through his racist interpretation of Reconstruction-era America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946 |
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| Illustrator | Williams, C. D. (Charles D.), 1875-1954 |
| LoC No. | 02007626 |
| Title | The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900 |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leopard%27s_Spots |
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Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 54765 |
| Release Date | May 23, 2017 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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