Hampton and its Students Documents One of the first HBCUs in 1874
by African American HBCU, Hampton
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About This Item
[HBCU] [Hampton School] Mrs. M. F. Armstrong and Helen W. Ludlow. Hampton and its Students by Two of its Teachers. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. First edition, 255 pages; beautiful folding wood-engraved frontispiece of the school and its grounds, 16 wood-engraved illustrations in text, 5 full-page illustrations, original gilt-stamped green cloth boards. The first book on the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, founded in 1868 just 7 years before this first edition, for the education of freed slaves, the book describes at length relations between freed slaves and northern whites. Among the school's most famous students was Booker T. Washington. Inscribed to a "Miss Mary Loury, from her friend E.R.M." Some shelfwear, bumped corners, boards lightly scuffed. Tight, clean textblock. Overall in very good condition. A beautifully illustrated book documenting one of the earliest and most important institutes of higher learning for African Americans.
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- Hampton and its Students Documents One of the first HBCUs in 1874
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- African American HBCU, Hampton
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For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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