Life of John Thompson, A Fugitive Slave. Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape. Written

by Himself by John Thompson

$10,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition. Signed by Thompson on the endpaper. vi, 13 -143, 1 pp. Half-title. 12mo. Publisher's cloth, a bit cocked. Library Company Afro Americana 10230; Blockson Collection 9660; Work, page 313. Not in Howes or Sabin. Item #371116 Thompson was one of seven children born into slavery on the Wagar plantation in Maryland in 1812. He remained on the plantation of his birth until the death of the old

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