Raynors 2012-09
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Book, 4-1/2" x 7-1/2,” “Narratives of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, Sons of a Soldier of the Revolution During a Captivity of More Than Twenty Years Among the Slaveholders of Kentucky,” Bela Marsh, Boston, 1846, worn back board, the frontis sheet is loose, else VG. The two Clarke brothers who were bought, sold and mistreated as youngsters although they had been considered as coming from a free family. Milton Clarke escaped slavery with three slaves, all passing as a company of musicians bound for a ball in Cincinnati. After playing at the ball, Clarke stopped in Oberlin, Ohio, while his colleagues continued on to Canada. In Ohio, Clarke assisted other slaves as they escaped northward to Canada.
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