Shadow and light : an autobiography with reminiscences of the last and present century
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
creator: Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar
issued: 2017-06-05
issued: 1902
description: "The author, an educated negro and an ardent civil rights worker, came to British Columbia in 1858 with a stock of goods for the Fraser River gold miners. He left Victoria in 1869 after achieving some prominence in local affairs. In five chapters (p. 59-106) he describes these years in British Columbia from 1858-1869." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 162.
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extent: xv, 372 pages : photographs, illustrations ; 20 cm
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note: •^ SHADOW and LIGHT AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY WITH REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST AND PRESENT CENTURY. BY MIFFLIN WISTAR GIBBS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON A Fatherless Boy, Carpenter and Contractor, Anti-Slavery Lecturer, Merchant, Railroad Builder, Superintendent of Mine, Attorney-at-Law, County Attorney, Municipal Judge Register of United States Lands, Receiver of Public Monies for U. S , United States Consul to Midagascar—Prominent Race Leaders, etc. Washington, D. C. 1902. * PREFACE. During the late years abroad, while reading the biographies of distinguished men who had been benefactors, the thought occurred that I had had a varied career, though not as fruitful or as deserving of renown as these characters, and differing as to status and aim. Yet the portrayal might be of benefit to those who, eager for advancement, are willing to be laborious students to attain worthy ends. I have aimed to give an added interest to the narrative by embellishing its pages with portraits of men who have gained distinction in various fields, who need only to be seen to present the career of those now living as worthy models, and the record of the dead, who left the world the better for having lived. To enjoy a life prominent and prolonged is a desire as natural as worthy, and there have been those who sought to extend its duration by nostrums and drinking-waters said to bestow the virtue of "perpetual life." But if ato live in hearts we leave behind is not to die," to be worthy of such memorial we must have done or said something that blessed the living or benefited coming generations. Hence autobiography is the record, for "books are as tombstones made by the liv- INTRODUCTION. By BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. It is seldom that one man, even if he has lived as long as Judge M. W. Gibbs is able to record his impressions of so many widely separated parts of the earth's surface as Judge Gibbs can, or to recall personal experiences in so many important occurrences. Born in Philadelphia,…
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has type: Books
identifier: F5824 .G48
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0348119
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Washington, D.C. : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5824 .G48
subject: Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar
subject: African Americans
subject: Slavery--United States
subject: African American judges
type: Text