Deep Like the Rivers (first printing) Education in the American Slave Community 1831-1865

Webber, Thomas L.

Published by Norton, New York, 1978

About this Item

W.W. Norton & Co. New York. 1978. 339 pages with index. First edition stated, first printing with full numberline including 1. Book is tight and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Cream-color cloth panels stamped in brown. Scant faint foxing along top page edges, barely. Original DJ with $14.95 price intact on flap. DJ shows light rubbing along edges. Tiny closed edgetear. Light soiling to rear of DJ. This book addresses three crucial questions regarding the quality and availability of education to slaves in America by examining what white slave-owners expected their slaves to learn, what slaves actually did learn, and the methods by which they learned. The book's primary sources are slave narratives and recollections by former slaves. Per the author, Deep like the Rivers, tries to present the world as it was understood and lived in by American Slaves. A tight and clean first edition first printing. VG+.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deep Like the Rivers (first printing) Education in the American Slave Community 1831-1865
• Publisher: Norton, New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1 kilogram
• Seller catalogs:
  • African-American History & Black Interest