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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James Redpath; John R McKivigan |
| ISBN: | 0271015322 9780271015323 0271015330 9780271015330 |
| OCLC Number: | 32854107 |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : A.A. Burdick, 1859. |
| Description: | xxvi, 356 p. : ill ; 24 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Roving editor Talks with slaves in the southern states |
| Responsibility: | by James Redpath ; edited by John R. McKivigan. |
Abstract:
This new edition reproduces the text of The Roving Editor together with important supplemental documents and extensive editorial apparatus.
Some historians over the years have dismissed Redpath's interviews as the fabrication of a radical abolitionist, but John R. McKivigan has uncovered important historical records that for the first time certify their authenticity. He presents here the original newspaper articles that supply the places and times of many of the slave encounters, which Redpath had edited out of the book.
Furthermore, using Redpath's unpublished correspondence, McKivigan verifies his residence in southern communities at the times these interviews were reported to have taken place, making The Roving Editor one of the most valuable and compelling sources of the slaves' own testimony regarding their treatment in the late antebellum period.
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