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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. Was $37.50!


Howard University Press 1996 528 PP. Cloth $7.50


Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization


By Nicholson Baker This is an extraordinary testament to pacifism from Quaker novelist and essayist Nicholson Baker. Here in a staccato, chronological chain of newspaper and diary reports, with brief comments or context of his own, Baker covers the period from 1842 to 1941. Was it inevitable that wars would occur? Could events have transpired peacefully or at least differently? Baker provides contemporary reports of events and leaves it to the reader to decide. Many Quakers (and their work for peace) are included. "In Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker turns his unrivaled literary talents to pacifism... Baker's book is truly original." - Chalmers Johnson. Was $30.00 in US edition-this is the British edition.


Simon & Schuster 2008 576 PP. Cloth $8.00


The Broken Promises of America: Volume 1 F - Z At Home and Abroad, Past and Present, An Encyclopedia for our Times, Volume 1: A-F


and Volume 2 G - Z


By Douglas Dowd America has much to be proud of, but it does tend to forget things it perhaps should not be quite so proud of. "The bitter truth is that although we have had every opportunity to become a truly wonderful society, we have failed to shed our past ….The gap between our realities and our ideals, despite important changes now and again, widens to resemble the Grand Canyon."-from the preface. With 160 entries from Arrogance to Zoos.


Common Courage Press 2005 378 PP. Paperback $4.50 Each


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