Whip, Hoe, and Sword; or the Gulf-Department in '63
by HEPWORTH, George H
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1864 CIVIL WAR 1ed Whip Hoe & Sword Slaves Black Soldiers Fort Jackson Mutiny
"If I talk a great deal of slavery, it is because I have seen a great deal of it. If I say no good thing of it, it is because I found no good thing in it."
– George Hepworth
George Hepworth's "Whip Hoe and Sword" is a rare Civil War account unlike most books from this era. Hepworth was a lieutenant in the 4th Louisiana Native Guards (or Corps d'Afrique), a company of African American and slave soldiers. He wrote this book after witnessing the treatment of slaves and their role in the Civil War, particularly their involvement in the Mutiny at Fort Jackson in December of 1863. The black troops of the Corps d'Afrique began uprising following being garrisoned by Union troops.
Hepworth's account offers not only a detailed and thorough description of the Fort Jackson Mutiny but of life in the South during the Civil War, especially pertaining to slaves and black men and women in the Confederacy. According to Nevins, this work contains
"six commentaries by a Federal chaplain on duty in Louisiana; illuminating for criticism of corruption in the Union army of occupation."
Item number: #21626
Price: $499
HEPWORTH, George H.
Whip, Hoe, and Sword; or the Gulf-Department in '63
Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1864. First edition.
Details:
• Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, [2], 9-298
• References: Nevins I 103; Sabin 31446; Dornbusch II 1796
• Provenance: Handwritten – John H. Lanyer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Cloth
• Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21626
- Title
- Whip, Hoe, and Sword; or the Gulf-Department in '63
- Author
- HEPWORTH, George H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walker, Wise, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1864
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1864 CIVIL WAR 1ed Whip Hoe & Sword Slaves Black Soldiers Fort Jackson Mutiny, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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