Hodges, Jacob. "Black Jacob," a Monument of Grace. The Life of Jacob Hodges An African Negro who died in Canandaigua, N.Y., Feb., 1842 by A. D. Eddy, Newark Nj. 12mo, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with title in gilt up spine; tips rubbed;

Hodges, Jacob. "Black Jacob," a Monument of Grace. The Life of Jacob Hodges An African Negro who died in Canandaigua, N.Y., Feb., 1842 by A. D. Eddy, Newark Nj. 12mo, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with title in gilt up spine; tips rubbed; expert restoration to spine extremities; recased, with new endpapers; title page darkened; few leaves with some light foxing. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1842 E400-600 First Edition. A narrative of an ignorant man duped into a murder plot by the application of copious amounts of alcohol and the promise of money. This narrative was dictated to the editor, A. D. Eddy, a minister. Hodges, born in 1763, began his life as a cabin boy and later sailor, quitting the sea early on, and settling in Orange County, N.E There, in a small village near Goshen, He became involved with a plot to murder a local resident by the name of Jennings. The court was lenient and instead of facing the gallows as were two of the others-both whites, He was sentenced to 21 years of hard labor. This account is told by his minister, Eddy, who spent a great deal of time with Hodges hard at work on his conversion-the probable reason for the pardon finally given him. Blockson Collection 2345; Hampton Catalogue, 669