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In an effort to avoid bankruptcy, the family sells their slaves, among whom is the kindly Uncle Peter, who takes a liking to
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Whilst travelling together, Walworth and Isabel are caught in the midst of an anti-black riot, from which
Walworth saves Isabel from harm. Isabel begins to have romantic feelings for Walworth, and they eventually marry. The marriage, by a twist of fate, allows Isabel to reclaim her wealth and
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family, who travels back and forth between the North and South. When Horace dies of exhaustion in the North, Walworth comforts him in his final hours, and delivers his final requests to his sister.
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Mr. Courtenay's son and Isabel's brother, who travels north to acquire a job, and eventually dies there after being exhausted by his overbearing employers
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a kindly slave once owned by the
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the novel's heroine, one of
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The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its
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