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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good household advice c. 1827,
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This review is from: The House Servant's Directory: Or a Monitor for Private Familes: Comprising Hints on the Arrangement and Performance of Servants' Work (Paperback)
The author, a black freeman and a prominent figure in Boston Abolitionist politics, published this remarkable work in 1827 not only as a handbook for servants but as a guide for proper behavior by masters toward their employees.The recipes given are practical and detailed, and the editor believes "still useful today", but some ingredients may prove inconvenient, (bullock's gall) or downright dangerous (mercury) and adding live eels to a master's libations to discourage intoxication seems more a prescription for brief employment than a useful intervention. Quibbles aside, Robert's work stands as a readable and useful view into an era little known to most Americans today. (The "score" rating is an ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.) |
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The House Servant's Directory: Or a Monitor for Private Familes: Comprising Hints on the Arrangement and Performance of Servants' Work by Robert Roberts (Paperback - June 1997)
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