Captain Paul Cuffe's Logs And Letters, 1808-1817

A Black Quaker's "voice From Within The Veil"

BY PAUL CUFFE, EDITED BY ROSALIND WIGGINS

Brief Description:
Paul cuffe was one of the few black Quakers of his day. Editor Rosalind Wiggins has collected this remarkable man's correspondence and ship's logs. She presents original manuscripts that tell the story of Cuffe's efforts to undercut the slave trade by forming a trading cooperative in Sierra Leone, thus linking the United States, England, and small West African nations. Wiggins shows the obstacles Cuffe faced: the War of 1812, a trade embargo, the network of African American organizations that provided him with help; and his concern for education within the black community.

Howard University Press 1996 528 PP. Cloth

$7.50 (in stock)