American Literature / Unit 11 AML 1038 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"The Passing of Grandison"
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The idea
A young southerner takes his father's most loyal enslaved man north repeatedly, trying to get him to escape and failing, until Grandison returns home apparently devoted and then disappears with his entire family. The loyalty was a performance from the first page.
In practice
A devoted servant, who was acting throughout.
Where people slip
The joke is on everyone who believed the performance.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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