Dear Master Letters Slave (26 results)

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Name inside front.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. (1978), stated Third Printing; Near Fine/Near Fine dj, octavo, 281pp., black cloth hardcover, excellent unclipped ($15.00) pictorial dj, binding tight, text unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1990 Edition. slight wear on book cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Contemporary signature of Morgan on front end page, else unmarked. Dear Master is 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 -- including seven discovered since the book's original appearance -- reveals the relationship of two generations of the Skipwith family with the Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998). …

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paperback. Condition: VeryGood. A copy that may have been read, very minimal wear and tear. May have a remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing. 281pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some creasing, tiny tears, and some fading. "Original documents link two continents - providing rare insights into plantation life in America and colonial life in Africa.".

Original publisher's black cloth hardback, silver lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: 282pp., [ij], 16 illustrations, 2 maps, foreword, members of the families Cocke & Skipwith, introductory essay with illustrations, letters with footnotes, bibliographical essay, index, colophon. Very fine copy. Original ducuments link two continents - providing rare insights into plantation life in America and colonial life in Africa.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 281pp., maps, b/w illustrations, bibliographical essay, index. Mildly foxed text block. Top edge slightly dusted. Clean and unmarked internally. Dustjacket lightly rubbed with sunned spine with some minor edge wear and chipping to the same.(BH) 3/24.…

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good trade paperback, as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. *Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Small Book Store in the Pacific Northwest* FAST SHIPPING!! Clean text, no markings, tight binding. BOOK in FINE condition, DUST JACKET in GOOD condition. 281 pp. 3rd Printing, 1978.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 297 pp.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 12.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: New. Offers 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 - including seven discovered since the boo.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Dear Master' is 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--including seven discovered since the book's original appearance--reveals the relationship of two generations of the Skipwith family with the Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke. The letters, dating from 1834 to 1865, fall into two groups. The first were written by Peyton Skipwith and his children from Liberia, where they settled after being freed in 1833 by Cocke, a devout Christian and enlightened slaveholder. The letters, which tell of harsh frontier life, reveal the American values the Skipwiths took with them to Africa, and express their faith in Liberia's future and pride in their accomplishments. The second group of letters, written by George Skipwith and his daughter Lucy, originate from Cocke's Alabama plantation, an experimental work community to which Cocke sent his most talented, responsible slaves to prepare them for the moral and educational challenges of emancipation. George, a 'privileged bondsman,' was a slave driver. His letters about the management of the plantation include reports on the slaves' conduct and any disciplinary actions he took. Readers can sense George's pride in his work and also his ambivalence toward his role as leader in the slave hierarchy. Lucy, Cocke's chief domestic slave, was the plantation nurse and teacher. Her letters, filled with details about spiritual, familial, and health matters, also display her skill at exploiting her master's trust and her uncommon boldness, for she spoke against whites to her master when she felt they hampered his slaves' education. 'Dear Master' affirms that these slaves and former slaves were not simply victims; they were actors in a complex human drama. The letters imply trust and affection between master and slave, but there were other motives as well for the letter-writing. The Liberian Skipwiths needed American-made supplies; moreover, the whole family may have viewed their relationship with Cocke as a chance to help free other slaves. In his new preface, Miller reevaluates his book in light of changes in the historiography of American slavery over the past decade.…

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