Shadrach Minkins

Shadrach Minkins
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0674802993
ISBN-13 : 9780674802995
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Book Synopsis Shadrach Minkins by : Gary Collison

Download or read book Shadrach Minkins written by Gary Collison and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how an illiterate black man from Virginia found himself to be the catalyst of a dramatic episode of rebellion and legal wrangling before the Civil War.


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