First edition of the biography of Scott Bond, a formerly enslaved man who became one of the most famous Black businessmen of the era and a model of Booker T. Washington's racial uplift philosophy.
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Price: $500.00
"'Up and at' the obstacles that stand athwart the pathway of progress. Think! Work! Get results!!"
Born to an enslaved woman in Mississippi, by the time of his death Scott Bond owned 12, 000 acres of land and multiple businesses. This biography, told as if the reader were hearing the stories from Bond himself, focuses primarily on his professional obstacles and successes, with words of wisdom laced throughout. The tone is clearly in the school of Booker T. Washington's "industry, thrift, intelligence and property" – Bond received an honorary degree from Tuskegee for his expertise in agriculture in addition to receiving public accolades from William Lloyd Garrison and Theodore Roosevelt. In his introduction, Napier notes that Booker T. Washington "was always insistent upon his [Bond's] being present" at National Negro Business League Meetings "because of the life he always threw into their proceedings" (13). Chock full of Washingtonian industry and innovation, the story of Bond's life remains captivating.
Madison, Arkansas: The Journal Printing Company, 1917. Full title: From slavery to wealth: the life of Scott Bond. The rewards of honesty, industry, economy and perseverance. 8.75'' x 5.5''. Original full blue cloth, blind-stamped borders, gilt-lettered spine and front board. Two facing frontispiece portraits of Scott Bond and Mrs. Magnolia Bond and 73 full-page half-tone photographic plates. Preface by "Hon. J.C. Napier / President National Negro Business League and Ex-Register of U.S. Treasury." 383, [1] pages. Rear board and spine moderately soiled, extremities bumped; gilt bright, interior clean. Overall a solid copy of a poorly made book.
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