The Writings of Thomas Smallwood - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas Smallwood, Scott Shane (Editor), Scott Shane (Introduction by)Publish date:2/10/2026Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143138389ISBN-10:143138383UPC:9780143138389Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Slavery, United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCS0G3GZA2
The Writings of Thomas Smallwood
A long-forgotten Black abolitionist who liberated captive workers by the wagonload, brilliantly satirized slaveholders, and gave the underground railroad its name. Thomas Smallwood was a shoemaker by day and an organizer of mass escapes from slavery by night. Twelve years after purchasing his freedom from slavery, Smallwood took to the press and, over a 16-month stretch starting in 1842,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143138389ISBN-10:143138383UPC:9780143138389Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Slavery, United StatesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCS0G3GZA2
THOMAS SMALLWOOD (1801-1883) was born into slavery near Washington, D.C., purchased his freedom, educated himself and became a shoemaker in the nation's capital. In the early 1840s, he organized an underground railroad operation that freed more than 200 people from slavery in the Washington-Baltimore region, while writing satirical newspaper dispatches about the escapes under a pseudonym. In his...
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Thomas Smallwood, Scott Shane (Editor), Scott Shane (Introduction by)
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