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Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution
by Waldstreicher, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0809083140
- ISBN 13
- 9780809083145
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hill and Wang, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xv, [1], 315 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; yellow paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. "Scientist, revolutionary, abolitionist: that is the Benjamin Franklin we know and celebrate. To this description, David Waldstreicher shows we must add runaway, slave master, and empire builder. . . . Finding slavery at the center of Franklin's life, Waldstreicher proves it was likewise central to the Revolution, America's founding, and the very notion of freedom we associate with both." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: small ink stain on top page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: ends of spine slightly rubbed; clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007953
- Title
- Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution
- Author
- Waldstreicher, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0809083140
- ISBN 13
- 9780809083145
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; American History; History & Politics;
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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