The Blackbirder
- ISBN-10
- 0425025632
- ISBN-13
- 9780425025635
- Series
- The Blackbirder
- Category
- Slaves
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Authors
- Lionel Webb, Robert Maguire
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- 2015-07-30
- 448 pages
- Paperback
- Random House
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