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Matthews, Essie Collins (fl. 1915) Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and others

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05641 Author/Creator: Matthews, Essie Collins (fl. 1915) Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Book Date: 1915 Pagination: 140 p. : ill. ; 23.5 x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy

Title continues, "Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After." First edition published by Champlin Press. Has photographs of freed slaves after Reconstruction. Contains an advertisement for this book.

Matthews, Essie Collins, fl. 1915

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