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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain · 1758 · 174 pages
Passing (Identity)Race relationsTrials (Murder)Impostors and impostureOpen Library Staff PicksSlavery
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A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son. *This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.*
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