BOND OF IRON: Master and Slave at Buffalo Forge
by Charles B. Dew
New York: Norton, 1994. Hardcover First edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 429 pp. Illustrated. Tan boards over black spine; titled in gilt on spine. Minor spot of soil inside front cover. else a FINE copy. Dust jacket has minor tape repair on verso, VERY GOOD+
A detailed look at American slavery through extensive records maintained by Buffalo Forge in the Lexington, Virginia area. The records are unique in the details they provide about the day-to-day events of the slave community, including in addition to births and deaths, information about epidemics, crippling industrial accidents, the movement of slave patrols, the history of the Civil War and how the slaves reacted to freedom and more.
