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RUNAWAYS, COFFLES AND FANCY GIRLS: A History of Slavery in Tennessee
by Carey, Bill
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0972568042
- ISBN 13
- 9780972568043
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Nashville, Tennessee: Clearbrook Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. "...explains how slavery was embedded in every level of Tennessee society; that many families which didn't own slaves leased them; that local governments used slave labor; that court officials routinely sold small children away from their families; and that professional slave traders operated in all parts of the state. Primarily relying on newspapers and first-person accounts, Carey points out that slavery affected all levels of society and that every resident of antebellum Tennessee would have been accustomed to the sight and sound of enslaved 'chain gangs' (known as coffles) being herded from one place to another." Octavo: 333 p. with numerous textual illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75373
- Title
- RUNAWAYS, COFFLES AND FANCY GIRLS: A History of Slavery in Tennessee
- Author
- Carey, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0972568042
- ISBN 13
- 9780972568043
- Publisher
- Clearbrook Press
- Place of Publication
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- African Americana, Slavery, Tennessee, Antebellum South
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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