{"product_id":"the-colored-cadet-at-west-point","title":"The Colored Cadet at West Point","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe and his mother were the property of Rev. Reuben H. Lucky, a Methodist minister of that place. His father, Festus Flipper, by trade a shoemaker and carriage-trimmer, was owned by Ephraim G. Ponder, a successful and influential slave-dealer. In 1859 Mr. Ponder, having retired from business, returned to Georgia from Virginia with a number of mechanics, all slaves,and among whom was the father of young Flipper. He established a number of manufactories in Atlanta, then a growing inland town of Georgia. He married about this time a beautiful, accomplished, and wealthy lady. \"Flipper,\" as he was generally called,had married before this, and had been taken back alone to his native Virginia to serve an apprenticeship under a carriage-trimmer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CREATESPACE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343231598818,"sku":"MTO-2026-01-20-Createspace-644-10.4175","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_642_4xh4iw1t4.jpg?v=1769117646","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-colored-cadet-at-west-point","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}