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Bars Fight, a ballad telling the tale of an ambush by Native Americans on two families in 1746 in a Massachusetts meadow, is the oldest known work by an African-American author. Passed on orally until it was recorded in Josiah Gilbert Holland’s History of Western Massachusetts in 1855, the ballad is a landmark in the history of literature that should be on every book lover’s shelves.

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'As the reader takes a cover page in each hand and fans out the pages of the concertina, she feels a whole history unfurl within her hands. Although small in size, Bars Fight is mighty in significance.' (Indie Insider) '[This] publication of Lucy Terry Prince’s Bars Fight is a stellar example of bringing a truly madly deeply neglected text back to life. Bravo!' (Neglected Books)

Bars Fight

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    A Fold-out book or chart by Lucy Terry Prince

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      Publisher: Renard Press Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2020
      ISBN13: 9781913724153, 978-1913724153
      ISBN10: 1913724158
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      Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Bars Fight, a ballad telling the tale of an ambush by Native Americans on two families in 1746 in a Massachusetts meadow, is the oldest known work by an African-American author. Passed on orally until it was recorded in Josiah Gilbert Holland’s History of Western Massachusetts in 1855, the ballad is a landmark in the history of literature that should be on every book lover’s shelves.

      Trade Review
      'As the reader takes a cover page in each hand and fans out the pages of the concertina, she feels a whole history unfurl within her hands. Although small in size, Bars Fight is mighty in significance.' (Indie Insider) '[This] publication of Lucy Terry Prince’s Bars Fight is a stellar example of bringing a truly madly deeply neglected text back to life. Bravo!' (Neglected Books)

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