Dear Master Letters of a Slave Family |
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| Editor:
| Miller, Randall M. |
| Series title: | Brown Thrasher Books Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-2379-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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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 reveals the relationship of two generations of the Skipwith family with the Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke.
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 reveals the relationship of two generations of the Skipwith family with the Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke.