Reprint. Originally published: Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1827.
Robert Roberts: Robert Roberts (17801860) was the author of The House Servant’s Directory: A Monitor for Private Families, which was the first commercially published book written by an African American in the United States. In 1825 he became the butler for Christopher Gore, a governor and senator from Massachusetts, and remained in the position until Gore’s death in 1827.