{"product_id":"the-roving-editor-or-talks-with-slaves-in-the-southern-states-by-james-redpath-paperback","title":"The Roving Editor: Or Talks with Slaves in the Southern States, by James Redpath - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn R. McKivigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile a reporter at Horace Greeley's New York\u003ci\u003e Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, James Redpath developed a strong curiosity about slavery and decided that he would travel south \"to see slavery with my own eyes.\" Redpath interviewed slaves, recorded their opinions, and collected these letters into book form, publishing them in 1859 as \u003ci\u003eThe Roving Editor\u003c\/i\u003e. While some historians over the years have utilized Redpath's book, many have treated it as merely another travel account of the antebellum South, dismissing the interviews as the fabrication of a radical abolitionist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn R. McKivigan has uncovered important historical records that certify for the first time the authenticity of Redpath's interviews; he presents here the original newspaper articles that supply the places and times of many of the slave encounters, which Redpath had edited out of the book. Furthermore, using Redpath's unpublished correspondence, McKivigan verifies his residence in southern communities at the times these interviews were reported to have taken place, making \u003ci\u003eThe Roving Editor \u003c\/i\u003eone of the most valuable and compelling sources of the slaves' own testimony regarding their treatment in the late antebellum period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn R. McKivigan is Associate Professor of History at West Virginia University. He is the co-editor, with John Blassingame, of \u003ci\u003eThe Frederick Douglass Papers\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe War Against Proslavery Religion: Abolitionism and the Northern Churches\u003c\/i\u003e (1984).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306548551782,"sku":"9780271026022","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VHRIbHZldzJCTmFrWHM4YW96Wi94dz09.webp?v=1774083032","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-roving-editor-or-talks-with-slaves-in-the-southern-states-by-james-redpath-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}