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Sketches of Slave Life and From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit

Peter Randolph - 1855

This book is the first anthology of the autobiographical writings of Peter Randolph, a prominent nineteenth-century former slave who became a black abolitionist, pastor, and community leader.Randolph’s story is unique because he was freed and relocated from Virginia to Boston, along with his entire plantation cohort.

A lawsuit launched by Randolph against his former master’s estate left legal documents that corroborate his autobiographies.Randolph's writings give us a window into a different experience of slavery and freedom than other narratives currently available and will be of interest to students and scholars of African American literature, history, and religious studies, as well as those with an interest in Virginia history and mid-Atlantic slavery.

Man-of-war Life: A Boy's Experience in the United States Navy During a Voyage Around the World in a Ship of the Line (Classics of Naval Literature)

Charles Nordhoff - 1855

A young sailor's impressions of life aboard an American ship-of-the-line in the mid-1800s..

A young sailor's impressions of life aboard an American ship-of-the-line in the mid-1800s.

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1855

Sketches of Slave Life and From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit

Man-of-war Life: A Boy's Experience in the United States Navy During a Voyage Around the World in a Ship of the Line (Classics of Naval Literature)

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