The Kidnapped and the Ransomed: Being the Personal Recollections of Peter Still and His Wife

This is a rare first edition of Peter Still's 1856 narrative, recounting his and his wife's experiences of over forty years of slavery in Kentucky and Alabama. The book includes an introduction by Rev. Samuel J. May and an appendix by William H. Furness, D.D. It uniquely highlights the involvement of Jewish brothers, Joseph and Isaac Friedman, in assisting Still's freedom before the Civil War. This narrative was later reprinted by the Jewish Publication Society in 1954.

Associated People/Businesses

• Friedman, Joseph / Friedman , Isaac

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Subjects

• Slave narratives
• Abolitionists
• Slavery--United States

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