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A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom
by Blight, David W
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151012326
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012329
- Seller
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Dallas, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Signed. First edition. Recently uncovered personal accounts of two men who escaped the South for the North during the Civil War. These types of accounts are very rare. One of the men kept his journal all through his adult life in New England. The accounts have been with their families all these years. The book and jacket are in fine, like new, condition. The book is inscribed to David and Carol. David being Dr David Weber of Southern Methodist University. The author has inscribed and signed on the title page.
Synopsis
Slave narratives, some of the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five post–Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group with the publication of A Slave No More, a major new addition to the canon of American history. Handed down through family and friends, these narratives tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the protection of the occupying Union troops. David W. Blight magnifies the drama and significance by prefacing the narratives with each man’s life history. Using a wealth of genealogical information, Blight has reconstructed their childhoods as sons of white slaveholders, their service as cooks and camp hands during the Civil War, and their climb to black working-class stability in the north, where they reunited their families. In the stories of Turnage and Washington, we find history at its most intimate, portals that offer a rich new answer to the question of how four million people moved from slavery to freedom. In A Slave No More, the untold stories of two ordinary men take their place at the heart of the American experience.
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Details
- Bookseller
- mark mcdonald
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- sgn 1416
- Title
- A Slave No More
- Author
- Blight, David W
- Format/Binding
- Tan boards, brown spine, gilt title
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151012326
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012329
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York, N Y
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 307
- Size
- 6.5"x1"x9.25"
- LCCN
- 2007014467
- Keywords
- Slavery
- Bookseller catalogs
- sgn;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
mark mcdonald
Biblio member since 2022
Dallas, Texas
About mark mcdonald
Book collector for over 30 years. I'm retired and ready to sell. I buy almost exclusively from estate sales and since I've lived in Dallas my whole life, I know the people and where to go. I am a low volume collector and seller and deal in higher quality books. I have a lot of signed and inscribed books. These signatures have not been officially authenticated, but I am confident in their authenticity so I will guarantee them in perpetuity if it can be reasonably demonstrated that the signature is incorrect. .
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