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[MCDOUGAL,
HARRIET
FRANCES (WHI PPLE ) GREENE ] .
Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; or
The Branded Hand. Translated From
the Original Showiah, and Edited by
an American Citizen.
Engraved portrait
of Shahmah Shah. 599 pages. Thick 8vo,
original blind-stamped turkey morocco
gilt extra with five raised bands; all edges
marbled.
AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY
,
IN A GIFT
BINDING
.
New York: Thatcher and Hutchinson,
1858
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION
,
RARE
,
OCLC LOCATING
ONLY ONE COPY
.
Written by Frances Harriet
(Whipple) Greene, this most unusual novel
claims to be the first-hand the account of a
Moslem prince visiting America during the
period of slavery and the beginnings of section-
alism and secession. It is told in the form of
letters, and is clearly the work of a staunch abo-
litionist. The “Translator’s Preface” warns:
“The dark and fearful crisis into which, as a
Nation we are now opening, startles us out of
all ceremony, and demands cogent thought . . .”
The content of the letters can be unusual to say
the least. Under “Intellect of the Negro
Vindicated” we find “Instances of Physical Beauty in the Negro—Instances of Inferior
Whites.” There follows a great deal on Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown and
other Negro intellectuals. Wright Fiction, Volume II, number 1613.
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