Reviews for Blacks in Colonial America

The average rating for Blacks in Colonial America based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-04-20 00:00:00 Lupita Everett This is a public domain book about the life of the famous Kansas Free-State (anti-slavery) reverend Pardee Butler. His daughter Rosetta Hastings pulled together his writings and added some sections to the book herself. There are a few historical errors in the book but it is a very interesting first hand look at the earliest days of territorial Kansas and the fight to make it a free state. Pardee and his best friend Caleb May were key elements of the Kansas underground railroad, probably the most effective underground railroad in the country.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-09 00:00:00 Lucille Vaccaro The House Servant's Directory is the first commercially published book written by a black man in America Roberts (c1780-1860) was a butler for, among others, Christopher Gore (1758-1827), Governor of Massachusetts and a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts This is an historical curiosity and a transparent presentation of the life and outlook of a black butler in 19th century Massachusetts. It could be a useful reference if you need to know how to use oil of vitriol to "take ink stains out of mahogany." Among other activities, Roberts was an outspoken abolitionist. Read more of my book reviews and poems here: www.richardsubber.com