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While dying, a man of this profession dictates a passage about a “shining beacon… born of necessity and virtue between the hammer and the anvil,” which he calls the “American imperative.” That man of this profession grapples with finding the “Great Spirit” in his work, like his blacksmith father, and travels with the young boy Homer. After he is shot by George Harris, a man of this profession is nursed back to health at a Quaker settlement, where he renounces his past (10[1])evils. (10[1])Schoolteacher, his nephew, (-5[1])a sheriff, and a man of this profession comprise the “four horsemen” in Toni Morrison’s Beloved. (10[1])The evil man Ridgeway, who has this profession for hire, pursues Caesar and (10[1])Cora (10[1])in a novel (10[2])by Colson (10[1])Whitehead. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])name this profession of Tom (-5[1])Loker, who (10[1])is hired to find (10[2])Eliza after her escape, (10[1])in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. ■END■ (10[4])

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