1868 SLAVE CHILDREN. Martha's Gift: A Story for the Freedchildren. Very Scarce. Fine Binding the Latter Day Saints

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1868 SLAVE CHILDREN. Martha's Gift: A Story for the Freedchildren. Very Scarce. Fine Binding the Latter Day SaintsA very scarce work. Published only once, we trace this as the first and only early post Civil war work published specifically addressing the spiritual and community needs of the children of Freedmen, i. e. emancipated slaves, after the Emancipation Proclamation and in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War. Presumably authored by a teacher at one of the "freedchildren" schools. It has been offered but once at auction in the last 100 years. Previous to