SLAVE NARRATIVE

Platt, Rev. S. H. The Martyrs and the Fugitive; or a Narrative of the Captivity, Sufferings and Death of an African Family, and the Slavery and Escape of Their Son. 8vo, cloth, lightly worn; scattered minor foxing. Fine copy. New York: Fanshaw, 1859 FIRST EDITION. A narrative of one family's experience, somewhat fictionalized by the author's own admission. However, beyond certain name changes (to protect both the innocent and guilty) the narrative is basically factual. Sabin 63358; Blockson Collection 9681; Hampton catalogue 1311.