1855 UNPUBLISHED MSS. Root Hog or Die - The American Revolution and Westward Expansion. ZZFineMiscellanea against indulgence of a wanton

against indulgence of a wanton mind

and render him useless in society

Born in 1753 to a black father and white mother in New England

Lacks half title

1855 UNPUBLISHED MSS. Root Hog or Die - The American Revolution and Westward Expansion. ZZFineMiscellanea against indulgence of a wantonA very fine piece of unpublished mid 19th century political song. The lined, bifolium sheet dates to c. 1855, the earliest days of Kansas settlement, and contains two complete songs in separate hands. The second, The Indian Hunter, is substantially that of Eliza Cook, with a few minor variations. The first, however, appears to be completely unpublished. It rousingly narrates American self identity as hard fighting, can do folk under the colloquial