Meyer, Howard N.

Colonel of the Black Regiment: the Life of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Hardcover, New York: W. W. Norton, 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) was a Unitarian minister, militant abolitionist, champion of women's rights, and Union officer in the Civil War. Higginson strongly opposed slavery before the Civil War and was one of the Secret Six that financed John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. During the Civil War he was Colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized black regiment. After the War, he was a strong and outspoken supporter of women's rights. Book has no previous owner marks. Text is clean and bright. Top and side page edges soiled. Dust jacket retains its original price. Dust jacket spine a bit faded. DJ frotn cover has a 2 inch tear in it. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 346 pages. [Item #79106]

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