The Planter's Victim; or, Incidents of American Slavery
Wm. White Smith, 1855. Item #86299
First edition. Heavy foxing. Otherwise, in good condition. Rare in the first printing.
Samuel Mosheim Smucker (1823–1863), usually published as **Samuel M. Smucker**, was a 19th-century American historian, biographer, and author. He was particularly prolific during the 1850s and early 1860s. ([Open Library][1])
### What was he known for?
Smucker wrote or edited a large number of popular historical and biographical works, including:
* ***The Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton*** (1856), cataloged by the Library of Congress under his name. ([The Library of Congress][2])
* ***The Life of Col. John Charles Fremont*** (1856), concerning Fremont's explorations in the American West, including Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, and California. ([Wikimedia Commons][3])
* ***Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century*** (1857), covering expeditions by explorers such as Ross, Parry, Franklin, McClure, and Elisha Kent Kane. ([Online Books Page][4])
* ***A History of the Modern Jews*** (1860), a history of Jewish communities from the destruction of Jerusalem onward. ([Online Books Page][4])
* Works on **Napoleon III, Nicholas I, Daniel Webster, Alexander Hamilton, and other prominent figures**. ([Open Library][1])
* ***The History of the Civil War in the United States***, published posthumously in 1865 and credited to Smucker, with L. P. Brockett as editor. ([The Library of Congress][5])
One interesting feature of his career is its breadth: he wrote about **American political figures, European monarchs, religion, Jewish history, exploration, slavery, and the Civil War**.
His background
His full name was **Samuel Mosheim Smucker**. Library and bibliographic records give his lifespan as **1823–1863**. ([Online Books Page][4]) He died relatively young, at about 40, but had already produced dozens of books.
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