Weepin' Time : Voices of Slavery in Coastal Georgia
Weepin' Time : Voices of Slavery in Coastal Georgia
- Date: 17 Feb 2010
- Publisher: iUniverse
- Language: English
- Book Format: Hardback::320 pages
- ISBN10: 145020905X
- Publication City/Country: Bloomington IN, United States
- File size: 35 Mb
- Filename: weepin'-time-voices-of-slavery-in-coastal-georgia.pdf
- Dimension: 152.4x 231.14x 30.48mm::612.35g
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