The Slave-trader's Letter-book

The Slave-trader's Letter-book PDF Author: Jim Jordan
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820351962
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Book Description
In 1858 Savannah businessman Charles Lamar organized the shipment of hundreds of Africans to Jekyll Island, Georgia. This book presents his "Slave-Trader's Letter-Book." These seventy long-lost letters shed light on the lead-up to the Civil War from the remarkable perspective of a troubled, and troubling, figure.