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The Life and Astonishing Adventures of Peter Williamson, who was carried off when a child from Aberdeen and sold for a slave.
Told in first person, this autobiographic tale describes the life and miseries of Peter Williamson, who was kidnapped by slavers from the docks of Aberdeen when he was a child. Taken by the slavers to America, he was sold into bondage to a gentleman…
The Madrid shaver's singular adventures, and wonderful escape from the Spanish Inquisition: A true story
Nicolas Pedrosa, a barber-surgeon, male-midwife, and secret Jew from Madrid, is pulled into the intrigues of war, politics, and the Spanish Inquisition when he has an altercation with his mule and some friars on the way to deliver the baby of the…
The Humourous Adventure of Jump Jim Crow
"Jump Jim Crow" or "Jim Crow" is a song and dance from 1828 that was done inblackfaceby white minstrel performerThomas Dartmouth (T. D.) "Daddy" Rice. The song is speculated to have been taken fromJim Crow(sometimes called Jim Cuff or Uncle Joe), a…
