About this title: Originally published in 1881, Mr Smith created a detailed narrative of his long, eventful life, a testament to his very survival under conditions of extreme hardship. Unlike the eloquent, stirring rhetoric of Frederick Douglass, James Smith's prose is simple and plain spoken. As such his words have the unmistakable sound of authenticity and what ...
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Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail International Priority mail. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Floggings, undernourishment, overwork, substandard housing, humiliation, physical and psychological abuse of every sort— these were standard features of a slave's life in the American South for centuries until the end of the Civil War. In this day and age it may be difficult for most Americans to realize that such gross mistreatment of ... read more
Description: New. Floggings, undernourishment, overwork, substandard housing, humiliation, physical and psychological abuse of every sort— these were standard features of a slave's life in the American South for centuries until the end of the Civil War. In this day and age it may be difficult for most Americans to realize that such gross mistreatment of human beings was tolerated without a second thought only some one hundred and fifty years ago. Documents such as this memoir by former slave James L. ... read more
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Description: New. PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. Floggings, undernourishment, overwork, substandard housing, humiliation, physical and psychological abuse of every sort— these were standard features of a slave's life in the American South for centuries until the end of the Civil War. In this day and age it may be difficult for most Americans to realize that such gross mistreatment of human beings was ... read more
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