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Penda the quadroon

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Identifier: MSS SC 1
Scope and Contents

Autograph manuscript of a children's story, originally titled "Far From My Home," concerning the Spanish colonization of the West Indies island of Dominica and the role played by Penda, a quadroon in the service of the Governor's wife. Several pages of the manuscript are written on the reverse side of earlier versions of the story.

Dates: approximately 1800-1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Penda the quadroon

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