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1856

Pickard, Kate E.R., fl. 1856

Book

Title: The Kidnapped and The Ransomed

Story told to Pickard by Peter Still, a black slave who after 40 years was freed with the help of two Jewish brothers. [The only 19th-century slave narrative depicting Jews helping a kidnapped slave.]

GLC09301

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