Isaac Johnson

Isaac Johnson

From Slave to Stonecutter

by Hope Irvin Marston
1st Edition, ©1995, ISBN: 9780525651659
Hardcover, 80 pages
Current Retail Price: $14.99
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As a clearance title, THIS BOOK IS NOT RETURNABLE AND IS SOLD AS-IS (flaws, highlighting, torn covers and all). Please remember that you can purchase as many books as you like and have them all shipped for one low price of $4.95.

Based on Isaac Johnson's own account in Slavery Days in Old Kentucky, this book is a personal story of the cruelty & inhumanity experienced by many slaves. Isaac Johnson was sold into slavery by his own father (a white man who fathered several children by Isaac's mother, a slave). After one attempt to run away, Johnson was beaten & watched others being tortured & killed. Later, he did escape & served in the Union Army. After the war, he settled in Canada, where his stonecutting & masonry work can still be seen today. This is fascinating reading & will encourage students to look for more information about slavery, the Civil War, & Reconstruction. Chronology, bibliography, & index.

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