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1 Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism Wilkins, Roger Beacon Press Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 2001 Hard Cover Near Fine, Near Fine First Edition 0807009563 / 9780807009567 Signed by Author CA2 - A hard cover first edition book signed by the author in near fine condition with a dust jacket in near fine condition. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. A sequence of numbers with the "1" present appears on the copyright page with no additional printings indicated. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light creasing on the front plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges plus there is some very light scattered rubbing overall. A book that examines the lives of the founding fathers and the dilemma of black patriotism. The author analyzes the lives of George Washington, George Mason, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson and how class, education, and personality allowed the institution of slavery to continue to exist in a nation that conceived itself under the premise that all men are created equal. Endnotes, acknowledgments, indexed, 163p. SCW13211  Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart