Lynch, Patricia. Guide to the Heartman Manuscripts on Slavery. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1982. ISBN: 9780816103751. [8321]
Black cloth with gilt titles, no dj as issued, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, v., 220 pp., a few library stamps, text is otherwise clean. Ex library from the non-circulating reference section, standard library markups including a white label on the spine. Good. Hardcover.
"Charles F. Heartman, Mississippi book dealer and collector extraordinary, sought materials relating to Negroes and slavery over a period of twenty years...The collection consists of over 4000 pieces dating from 1724 to 1897. While one box relates to materials from Virginia, the Carolinas, and some Northern states, the bulk of the collection originated in Louisiana. The manuscripts relate to the social, economic, civil, and legal status of enslaved Negroes and Free People of Color in Louisiana and especially in New Orleans." - Preface.
