Shadrach Minkins

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Author	: Gary Collison
Publisher	: Harvard University Press
Total Pages	: 308
Release	: 1998-10-15
ISBN-10	: 0674802993
ISBN-13	: 9780674802995
Rating	: 4/5 (93 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Shadrach Minkins by : Gary Collison

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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