Autobiography of James L. Smith, including, also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen
Norwich, [Connecticut]: Press of the Bulletin Company, 1881.
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Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 150pp. Frontispiece portrait. Brown cloth gilt. Very small label on front fly, a few tiny spots on the boards, still a fine, tight copy. A shoemaker and Methodist minister in Norwich, Connecticut describes his slave life in Virginia, his escape to New England in 1838, and his experiences as a freeman. A beautiful copy of the first edition. *Brignano* 241.
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