From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond by Rudd, Dan A. And Theo. Bond - 1917

Paperback / softback. New.

New. From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond

Phoenix International, 2008-02-01. Paperback. Good.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Madison, AR: Journal Printing Co, 1917. First edition. 8vo. 383, (1) pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits. Biography of an African American businessman in Arkansas, written by his son and a co-author who explain that when they discovered the local printing firm was too small to handle their book, they signed a printing contract with the National Baptist Publishing Board in Nashville, Tennessee, "in order to have the work done by Negroes." Born in slavery in Mississippi, Bond would eventually establish the largest business in Madison, Arkansas, in reality an amalgam of businesses, including dry goods, insurance, construction, agricultural services (e.g., a cotton gin), real estate, etc., designed to serve the needs of the large African American population in the area. Work, p. 473. Blockson catalogue 9453. Corner of one leaf torn away (not affecting text), else a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped cloth. (38982). (#6491).

Madison, Arkansas: The Journal Printing Company, 1917. Very good.. 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. 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… Read More

Madison, AR: Journal Printing Company, 1917. First edition. Covers soiled and with wear to eatremes, interior clean. First edition. 385p. Illustrated with many photos. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Bond rose from slavery to become a wealthy Arkansas businessman. Work 473.