RANDOLPH of ROANOKE - Political History Farmville Bizarre - CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VA

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RANDOLPH of ROANOKE
A Political Fantastic
by Gerald W. Johnson
A southern biography. Randolph was a congressman, Minister to Russia, "Old Republican" or "Quids. He was a quick thinking orator with a wicked wit. He was opposed to slave trade but used them on his tobacco plantation. But in his will he provided for their resettlement in Ohio.
This is an original first edition from 1927 in very good condition with some pencil notations inside from a Randolph researcher. Gift inscribed in front.
Hardcover, 5 1/2" x 8", 278 pages, illustrated, indexed