AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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The Mississippi
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The Colorado
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The Ohio
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The Danube
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Detailed explanation-1: -Among the anti-slavery Quakers, Eliza is miraculously reunited with her husband, and together they cross Lake Erie and make it to Canada, where they’re actually safe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eliza becomes a famous hero in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, where she crosses ice floes of the Ohio River with her babe in arms, making it to freedom. Harriet Beecher Stowe bases her fictional character Eliza, on the real Eliza Harris, who not only escapes to free soil, but returns again to assist others to freedom.
Detailed explanation-3: -We do not know whether Eliza knew of the Rankins and their willingness to help. But stories tell of how Eliza, with her babe in her arms, crossed a half-frozen Ohio River with only a rail to assist her in case she broke through.
Detailed explanation-4: -Eliza’s Tale. . In the winter of 1838 a slave woman and her baby began their journey to freedom. To avoid capture in Kentucky she crossed the ice floes in the Ohio River to the safety of the Ripley Shore. The story of Eliza in Uncle Tom’s Cabin was based on this incident.