Colored Man Round the World

Name: Colored Man Round the World
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ISBN: 9780472066940

ISBN-10: 0472066943

ISBN-13: 9780472066940

Edition: 1999

Authors: David Dorr, Malini Johar Schueller

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This remarkable book, written by former slave David F. Dorr, published in the mid-nineteenth century and only recently rediscovered, is an uncommon travel narrative. In the 1850s Dorr accompanied Louisiana plantation owner Cornelius Fellowes on a tour of the world's major cities, with the promise that when they returned to the United States, Dorr would be given his freedom. When that promise was broken, Dorr escaped to Ohio and wrote of his experiences in A Colored Man Round the World. Malini Johar Schueller has edited and annotated the 1858 text and added a critical introduction that provides a useful context for understanding and appreciating this important but heretofore neglected…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 11/30/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.43" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English