Life and Adventures of Zamba : An African Negro King and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina
by Zamba Zembola; corrected and arranged by Peter Neilson
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Freeport NY: Books for Libraries Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, foxing to endpapers and edges, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "Zamba Zembola (born c. 1780) is the supposed author of an 1847 slave narrative, The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina, which describes his kidnapping and 40 years of labor as a slave on a plantation in the US state of South Carolina. The work was edited by Peter Neilson, a Scottish abolitionist. Some scholars believe the book is not a genuine slave narrative, but is fiction written by Neilson. Neilson refused to produce Zamba for inspection by anyone else." - Wikipedia. ; The Black Heritage Library Collection; Ex-Library; xx, 258 pages .
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- Seller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15493
- Title
- Life and Adventures of Zamba : An African Negro King and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina
- Author
- Zamba Zembola; corrected and arranged by Peter Neilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Books for Libraries Press
- Place of Publication
- Freeport NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Slave Narratives, African-American Literature, Antebellum History, American History - 19th Century, Slave Trade - Africa
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Mike's Library
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania
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