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Rear Admiral Byrd and the polar expeditions, with an account of his life and achievements

by Coram Foster

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A unique book from the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, this firsthand account of the only black combatant to survive the raid details the story of this turning point in the struggle against slavery and refutes the notion that African American people did take on the cause for their freedom.-Print ed.

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Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
LCC: G585 .B8 .F6 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Arctic and Antarctic regions
BISAC: LCO LITERARY COLLECTIONS General

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Published: 2013
Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
LCC: G585 .B8 .F6

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