Slavery

Slavery
ISBN-10
142901508X
ISBN-13
9781429015080
Series
SLAVERY
Category
History
Pages
580
Language
English
Published
2008-10-01
Publisher
Applewood Books
Author
Horace Mann

Description

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

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