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Chicago: University of Chicago Pr., (1970).. 8vo. xlii + 521 pp. Portrait frontis. Blue cloth; spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in near fine dustwrapper with a few nicks and a small tear to top edge..

University Press of Mississippi, 2008-10-07. Paperback. Good.

Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx), 1970-06. Hardcover. Good.

Chicago: Univ. Of Chicago Press. Hardcover. 1970. 1st Edition. 8vo 521pp . Fine in Fine DJ. Lynch was a black man born into slavery on a LA plantation in 1847. He served in the MS legislature and U. S. Congress. Edited by John Hope Franklin .

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Paperback / softback. New. Born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation, John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) came to adulthood during the Reconstruction Era and lived a public-spirited life for over three decades. His autobiography, Reminiscences of an Active Life, reflects Lynch's thoughtful and nuanced understanding of the past and of his own experience.

Univ Pr of Mississippi, 2008. Paperback. New. 521 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.50 inches.

Chicago and London: University of Chicago, (1970). 521 pages. Hardcover with light spotting to edges of text block and dustwrapper; a very good copy. First edition. Inscribed by John Hope Franklin, the series editor and dean of African American historians. Published for the first time, the autobiography of John Roy Lynch who was enslaved from birth on a Louisiana plantation. Lynch rose to become Speaker of the House for the Mississippi legislature and later became the first African American elected to the United States Congress from Mississippi. Among his accomplishments were the securing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1875 and the first Black American to deliver the keynote address at a Republican National Convention, the latter event would not happen again until 1968.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1970-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!