KEMBLE FRANCES ANNE The Views of Judge Woodward and Bishop H

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KEMBLE, FRANCES ANNE. The Views of Judge Woodward and Bishop Hopkins on Negro Slavery at the South. Illustrated from the Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation. 32 pages. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers with the famous image of Private Gordon on the front cover. [New York: Harpers, 1863

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first edition, historian benson lossing's copy, dated 1863. The man with multiple keloid scars on his back shown on the cover of this pamphlet is Private Gordon, an ex-slave who joined the Union forces after a daring escape. He had received a nearly fatal beating on Christmas Day, 1862. The text of this pamphlet is drawn from Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble's noted work, 'Residence on a Georgia Plantation.' Kemble, an Englishwoman, moved to the Georgia Sea Islands after inheriting several plantations and numerous slaves. Her shock and disgust at their appalling treatment caused an end to her marriage. See pages 78-79 in William Gladstone's 'Men of Color' (Thomas Publications, 1993).