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Topsy

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Topsy name of the young slave girl in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), who says of herself ‘I s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me.’ From this, Topsy is taken as the type of something which seems to have grown of itself without anyone's intention or direction.

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Topsy

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Topsy, the lively little slave girl in H. B. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Topsy." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Topsy." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Topsy.html

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Topsy

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | | Copyright

Topsy, character in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Topsy." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Topsy." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Topsy.html

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	THIS TIP TOPSY DELIGHT. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 2/18/2000
	A moving account of Topsy the cat's travels. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 8/7/1997
	His Topsy-Turvy life.(actor Allan Corduner)(Brief Article)(Interview) Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 2/15/2000