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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NARRATIVES.) CLARKE, MILTON AND
LEWIS.
Narratives of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, Sons of a
Soldier of the Revolution, during a Captivity of More than Twenty Years
among the Slaveholders of Kentucky.
Frontispieces of Milton and Lewis Clarke, 144
pages. Small 8vo, original gilt and blind-stamped brown cloth; tips rubbed some overall
wear to the front joint, but firm.
Boston: Bela Marsh, 1846
[700/1,000]
A PRESENTATION COPY
“
TO WILLIAM G
.
EVERETT
,
CHESTER N
.
H
.
FROM MILTON CLARKE
.” It
is rare to see a presentation copy of a slave narrative. Milton Clarke’s presentation was writ-
ten over carefully drawn lines to insure neatness.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NARRATIVES.) LEWIS, ELDER JOHN W.
The Life, Labors, and Travels of Elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist
Denomination . . . Also An Essay on the Fugitive Law . . . By Rev Arthur
Dearing.
285 pages; table of contents at the rear. 8vo, original blind-stamped greenish-
gray cloth; light wear; tips bumped; tiny “April 5, 1956” on the front paste-down.
Watertown, NY: Ingalls & Stowell, 1852
[300/400]
FIRST EDITION OF A CLASSIC ACCOUNT
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