1885 MYRTILLA MINER. Memoir of a Pioneer Educator of Freed Black Slaves, Abolitionist, &c. Spurgeon A very fine example of

A very fine example of a superbly illustrated early Civil War history attempting to create a detailed and honest portrait of soldier life

He was invited to preach throughout eastern Connecticut and in Massachusetts

This edition contains an additional essay on submission to the government [1850] which seems to have the Fugitive Slave Act in mind

but his mental distress continued and he "wrestled with God" day and night for months on end

1885 MYRTILLA MINER. Memoir of a Pioneer Educator of Freed Black Slaves, Abolitionist, &c. Spurgeon A very fine example ofAn excellent memoir of Myrtilla Miner, an influential abolitionist and teacher of free African American women. Like many, she viewed knowledge and education as essential to ending slavery. Born in Brookfield, New York, 1815, she became a teacher with early abolitionist sympathies. In 1847, she travelled to Mississippi and taught at the Newton Female Institute in Whitesville. While teaching there, Miner was appalled by the inhumanity of slavery and