Author: Robert Roberts
Title: servant
Born: 1780
Died: 1860
Bio: Born in Charleston, South Carolina. From 1825 to 1827 he was the butler for Christopher Gore, Governor and Senator from Massachusetts.  Earlier he had been a butler or manservant for Nathan Appleton.

His book is the first of any kind written by an African American to have been published in the United States by a major publisher.