1914 C. G. BARTH. Cuff the Negro Boy. A Story for Children. Very Fine. ZZAffordableMiscellanea 22 hands high

22 hands high

removed from a larger binding at some point

The Nature and Work of the Christian Ministry by Bishop Simpson

Looks as though perhaps the block has been reseated in the binding

1914 C. G. BARTH. Cuff the Negro Boy. A Story for Children. Very Fine. ZZAffordableMiscellanea 22 hands highA fine English translation of a story first written in German by evangelical pietist, Christian Gottlob Barth. It seems from its inception to have been intended for American audiences, perhaps the German in America and his concern for their involvement in American slavery. As usual for the period, infantilizing black characters, but in period context, attempting to show that a black child may be noble, selfless, forgiving, and loved by God as anyone