34 pp. (8vo) original wrappers.

Long inscription by the author on flyleaf, dated May 13, 1912. First published biographic notes on “the most noted Negro preacher that Kentucky has produced.” Ferrill (1789-1854), a mixed-race Virginia slave, upon gaining his freedom, migrated to Kentucky and became preacher of the First African Baptist Church of Lexington, the first Black church west of the Allegheny Mountains and, during Ferrill’s 31 years of service, the largest Black congregation in the state.