Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years after
by Matthews, Essie Collins
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Columbus, OH: Champlin Press, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 140p octavo, illustrated. a good copy in gray and red printed boards wearing at the corners and spine ehads but a tight sound copy , contents fine. A ollction of short biographies of formerly enslaved people compiled by a white woman from Columbus, Ohio with strong Southern sympathies. Photos taken by Matthews in the cabins and on the plantations. "Thousands of Negroes , though slaves no longer lingered with their former masters, working for them and sharing their misfortunes. The freedom the war had brought to them was nt of their seeking...They chose to stay with those whom they had come to know as friends and protectors. They stayed and served with fidelity...and in turn were treated with the kindness, affection and justice that are characteristic of the Southern people" Although the book is essentially Confederate Lost Cause propaganda, the portraits and biographies may still have some historical value."
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- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49061
- Title
- Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others
- Author
- Matthews, Essie Collins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Champlin Press
- Place of Publication
- Columbus, OH
- Date Published
- 1915
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- AFRICAN AMERICANA;
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