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 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) Buy
fund the American Tree Association. He also founded what was to become the "Victory Garden" movement. A fascinating tale of a contradictory man.
Syracuse University Press 1994 312 PP. Cloth $4.50 (in stock) Buy
Checkpoints And Chances Eyewitness Accounts From An Observer In Israel-palestine
BY KATHERINE MAYCOCK Katharine Maycock went to the West Bank in October 2002 as a volunteer international observer based in Bethlehem for Quaker Peace and Social Witness, and she continued working there for a humanitarian agency into 2004. These are her luminous reports of being with people who live under military occupation, as they struggle with curfews, checkpoints, and sudden losses of home and livelihood.
Charles Lathrop Pack Timberman, Forest Conservationist, And Pioneer In Forest Education
BY ALEXANDRA EYLE Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) made his fortune from ruthlessly exploiting inherited forests in Michigan, then suddenly in 1908 he changed his spots and became a conservationist, donating large sums to preserving forests and studying them. As president of the American Forestry Association his methods were still a bit dictatorial and he left to found and
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