| Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke Contributor(s): Clarke, Lewis (Author), Gayton, Carver Clark (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0295997052 ISBN-13: 9780295997056 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: V. Ethel Willis White Books |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Topical - Black History - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lewis George Clarke published the story of his life as a slave in 1845, after he had escaped from Kentucky and become a well-regarded abolitionist lecturer throughout the North. His book was the first work by a slave to be acquired by the Library of Congress and copyrighted. During the 1840s he lived in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of Aaron and Mary Safford, where he encountered Mary's stepsister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, along with Frederick Douglass, Lewis Tappan, Gerrit Smith, Josiah Henson, John Brown, Lydia Child, and Martin Delaney. His experiences are evident in Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852, and Stowe identified him as the prototype for the book's rebellious character George Harris. This facsimile edition of Clarke's book is introduced by his great grandson, Carver Clark Gayton, who has served as director of Affirmative Action Programs at the University of Washington; corporate director of educational relations and training for the Boeing Company; lecturer at the Evans School of Public Administration, University of Washington; and executive director of the Northwest African American Museum. He lives in Seattle. A V Ethel Willis White Book |
