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  • From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond

    by Daniel Arthur Rudd, Theophilus Bond ...
    "From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond" by Daniel Arthur Rudd, Theophilus Bond is an inspirational and heart-wrenching tale of a man who managed to move up in life from the horrors of slavery to wealth and self-actualization. Scott Bond rose from being born a slave in Madison County, Mississippi, in the early 1850s to wealth and status as a farmer, merchant, and business entre-preneur in ... Read more

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  • Up From Slavery

    by Booker T. Washington ...
    Named one of the best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by Modern Library, Up from Slavery is the poignant telling, in plain language, of Booker T. Washington’s rise from slavery to become a preeminent advocate for civil rights of his time.Although Up from Slavery was initially criticized by African-American leaders for Washington’s perceived soft-pedalling of his message of racial ... Read more

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  • Up from Slavery

    Enriched edition. Memoir of the Visionary Educator, African American Leader and Influential Civil Rights Activist

    by Booker T. Washington, Darren Matthews ...
    Booker T. Washington's 'Up from Slavery' is a seminal autobiography that provides a detailed account of his journey from being enslaved to becoming one of the most prominent African American leaders of his time. The book is written in a simple and direct style, reflecting Washington's practical approach to dealing with the systemic challenges faced by African Americans in the post-Civil War era. ... Read more

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  • Salem West Virginia 1776 ~ 1976

    by Dorothy Belle Davis ...
    SALEM, WEST VIRGINIA A small town with a big spirit. Every town has its stories, and Salem is no exception. When Salem was still in the state of Virginia, Preston Randolph, a renowned educator and pillar of the community, campaigned for Abraham Lincoln. Within these pages you will learn about the person who manufactured Salem's first electricity; the first man to sell oil that was produced and ... Read more

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  • An Autobiography - The Story of My Life and Work

    by Booker T. Washington ...
    Mr. Washington, more than any other writer or lecturer, has solved the "race problem." The historical value of the book, and its uplifting influence give ''The Story Of My Life And Work'' a prominent place in modern literature. It is a volume for the family library along with the Life of Franklin, Emerson's Essays and the great autobiographies. There is no greaterstimulus for self-help, for Mr. ... Read more

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  • A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina

    William Francis Allen's Civil War Journals

    Edited by James Robert Hester ...
    The Civil War journals of a Northern abolitionist engaged in the Port Royal ExperimentNew Englander William Francis Allen (1830–1889) is mostly known today as the lead editor of the 1867 anthology Slave Songs of the United States, the earliest published collection of African American spirituals, and as a distinguished history professor at the University of Wisconsin. During the Civil War, he ... Read more

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  • A Woman's Wartime Journal

    An Account of the Passage over Georgia's Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea, as Recorded in the Diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt (Mrs. Thomas Burge)

    by Dolly Sumner Lunt ...
    Dolly Sumner Lunt begins her diary, A Woman’s Wartime Journal, published in 1918, by recalling her anxiety about the approach of General Sherman’s Union army on January 1, 1864. While she worries about the arrival of Sherman’s troops and their habit of pillaging and burning everything in their path, she records stories of visits by local raiders posing as U.S. soldiers and the sleepless nights she ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • The Watch Factories of America Past and Present -

    A Complete History of Watch Making in America, From 1809 to 1888 Inclusive, with Sketches of the Lives of Celebrated American Watchmakers and Organizers

    by Henry G. Abbott ...
    This vintage book contains a complete history of watchmaking in America from 1809 to 1888. With accounts of the lives of notable manufacturers and fascinating information on how the industry developed in the nineteenth century, this is a volume that will be of considerable value to those with an interest in horology and the history of the American watchmaking industry. Contents include: uther ... Read more

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  • Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America

    by Moses Grandy ...
    Born into slavery in North Carolina around 1786, Moses Grandy was bequeathed to his young playmate, his original owner’s son, when they were both eight years old. Hired out until he was twenty-one, Grandy describes each of his temporary masters — some cruel and some kind. His first wife is sold shortly after they marry, and he never sees her again. After saving his money whenever possible and ... Read more

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  • Indian River Country : Volume 1 1880-1889

    by Bonnie Garmon, Jim Garmon ...
    A collection of articles from the Florida Star newspaper. This newspaper was published in Titusville, Florida from 1880 to 1914 and served the people of the central east coast of Florida from New Smyrna to Ft. Pierce and Port St. Lucie. These articles tell the story of the Indian River inhabitants and how they lived and worked in this new frontier of the United States in the last part of the 19th ... Read more

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  • Booker T. Washington: Builder of a Civilization

    by Emmett J. Scott, Lyman Beecher Stowe ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 November 14, 1915) was an American educator, orator, author and leader of the African-American community. He was freed from slavery as a child, and after working at several menial jobs in West Virginia, earned his way through an education at Hampton Institute and Wayland Seminary. Upon recommendation of Hampton founder Sam ... Read more

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  • The Elevator

    by William Dean Howells ...
    MR. ROBERTS to MRS. ROBERTS entering the drawing-room from regions beyond: “My dear, it's six o'clock. What can have become of your aunt? ... Read more

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