Sketches of the Life and Character of the Rev. Lemuel Haynes, A.M., For Many Years Pastor of a Church in Rutland, Vt., and Late in Granville, New-York.

COOLEY, Timothy Mather

Verlag: New York: John S. Taylor, 1839

Beschreibung

Octavo, original blind-stamped brown cloth. Text generally fresh with light scattered foxing, gilt on spine surprisingly brighter than expected, cloth with rubbing and wear along the hinges, but fully intact. Uncommon, especially so in publisher s cloth. First edition of Timothy Mather Cooley's important biography of Reverend Lemuel Haynes, who fought in the American Revolution as a Minuteman, penned one of the earliest attacks on slavery by an African American and is considered the "first black person to lead a white church. Born to an African father and white mother, Haynes was abandoned in infancy and raised as an indentured servant to a white family. After his release, he "lent his own newly gained liberty to the defense of American freedom" when he became a Minuteman, joined the Continental army, and fought with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga (Bay in Americanism, 25). "In the army, perhaps inspired by his Revolutionary experiences, Haynes penned Liberty Further Extended, an attack on the institution of slavery… [later] he was licensed to preach at the Middle Granville church, possibly becoming the first black person to lead a white church." Following his ordination, "his first appointment was to the all-white church in Torrington, Connecticut" (Finkelman, Encyclopedia of African American History, 154). A very rare gem which seldom surfaces. How housed in an oatmeal slipcase with chemise and leather label. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 308

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Titel: Sketches of the Life and Character of the ...

Verlag: New York: John S. Taylor

Erscheinungsdatum: 1839

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition