1854 EX-SLAVE IN NEW YORK. Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Haitian Slave to New York Hairdresser. Fine Binding and for many years

and for many years

The volumes often have been long ago plundered and this retains all but one

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1854 EX-SLAVE IN NEW YORK. Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Haitian Slave to New York Hairdresser. Fine Binding and for many yearsVery desirable memoir of Pierre Toussaint (1766 1853), born a slave in St. Domingue (now Haiti.) He fled during the 1797 Haitian slave revolts and obtained a bonded apprenticeship in New York with one of the best hair dressers in the city. When his owner died in 1803, Toussaint took care of his widow, and took over the business and greatly expanded, becoming one of the first successful black businessmen in the city. He was a significant philanthropist