2016-02-08 38 Four Handsome Negresses Record of a Voyage
R. Hernekin BaptistPublished by Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York(1931)
Used HardcoverFirst Edition, 2nd print12mo - over 6¾\" - 7¾\" tall.Tan cloth boards with faded lettering on spine; top edge black; previous owner\'s tasteful bookplate inside front cover
No DJ.
Novel that tells \"the whole tragedy brought to black womanhood by the first impact of white civilization with savage Africa - a foreshadowing of many dark chapters of history to come.\"
235ppNovel of 4 Negresses left ashore at 4 different points of the African coastA story based on fact of 4 negresses taken aboard a ship off the Guinea Coast on one of the pioneer voyages of the Portuguese in the Golden age of their maritime achievements.
They were then left ashore at various points along the African coast as emissaries of trade & to spread the Christian faith on the assumption that women were less likely to be slain by savage tribes.\"Four negresses were taken aboard off the Guinea Coast on one of the pioneer voyages of the Portuguese in the golden age of their maritime achievement.
They were, it is recorded, to be well tended, richly dressed and left ashore at different points on the African coast as emissaries of trade and, presumably, of Christian missionary enterprise: women, it was reasonably argued, being less likely than men to be slain by savage tribes.\" (Author\'s Preface)
Tight Binding
Bright
Clean
Slight edge wear
Not Ex Library
Not a remainder
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