Historical Sketches of the Ancient Negro: A Compilation

Carlisle, Edward E. and *Josephine E. Carlisle

Published by The Cosmos Press, Cambridge, MA, 1920

About this Item

97p. Original green cloth. 18 cm. Joints and other cover extremities rubbed (modest loss of cloth). Some cover spotting and soiling. No jacket. SIGNED in pencil on front free endpaper by co-author "E. E. Carlisle" (followed by his address ("38 Dover St., Boston, Mass." -- Dover St. is now E. Berkeley St.). African American authors. Full of Black Pharaohs, Hannibal, etc. "It has long been conceded that Negro nations or Hamites were the earliest civilized people and the real source of the civilization we enjoy today . It is to familiarize the youth as well as the adult of the Negro race with the events in which many of their ancestors centered that it may be an incentive to higher aims and nobler aspirations." [from the Preface].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Historical Sketches of the Ancient Negro: A Compilation
• Publisher: The Cosmos Press, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • African Americana
  • African American Authors