[Rarebooks] FS: African family enslaved--son escapes, 1859 American novel

[Bob Petrilla]

 Platt, Smith H. THE MARTYRS, AND THE FUGITIVE; or A Narrative of the
Captivity, Sufferings, and Death of an African Family, and the Slavery and
Escape of Their Son. By Rev. S.H. Platt. Published for the Benefit of the
Fugitive. NY: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 1859. First Edition. 95pp. Spine
bit chipped; brown stain at lower corner of text block. Pencilled on the
endpapers are old signatures of a man and woman from Glen Cove, Long
Island. 7.75" x 4.75" Good . Original Cloth.
[Wright II, 1917. Blockson Collection 9681. Afro-Americana Supplement,
1728]   $240.00


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