THE AFRICAN PREACHER. AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE
1849 · Philadelphia
by White, William S
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publicatio, 1849. 139pp. plus frontispiece and one plate. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Corners rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Lightly foxed. Very good. Christian morality tale about the power of the Word of God, through which a slave was able to become a fervent and convincing preacher. The plates show the African Preacher first as an ignorant slave and then preaching to a small group (Inventory #: WRCAM46177)