[PDF.72nf] Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)

Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)

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 | #379739 in Books |  University of Georgia Press |  2004-01-05 |  2004-01-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.78 x6.00l,1.06 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Dear Master - Letters of a Slave Family|By Bee|This book is a peek into the history of the founding of Liberia W. Africa. Letters written by a former enslaved African who is freed from slavery in the U.S. to return to the newly established settlements in what would become Liberia of West Africa. I found it fascinating to read the triumphs and tragedies of this forgotten man a| ||This is a collection of letters from both Skipwith families to Cocke dating from 1834-1865, 'probably the largest and fullest epistolary record left by an American slave family.' (Washington Post)

|This is a devastating book. . . . It is a p

"Dear Master" is a rare firsthand look at the values, self-perception, and private life of the black American slave. The fullest known record left by an American slave family, this collection of more than two hundred letters―including seven discovered since the book's original appearance―reveals the relationship of two generations of the Skipwith family with the Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke.

The letters, dating from 1834 to 1865, fall into two...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)   |  From Brand: University of Georgia Press. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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