A very rare work by Charlotte Maria Tucker [1821-1893], and here published by the American Tract Society during the 1860's, likely for distribution and use with slaves liberated via the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War.

In the story, a slave in Africa is suspected of wrong-doing by the African chief that owns him and thus flees for his life. The slave is shot in the leg and about to be killed when a Christian takes the next arrow for him. Once rescued, the Christian uses the example to parallel the sacrifice with the sacrifice of Jesus. The implication is clear, now that there is personal freedom, spiritual freedom from sin should be sought.

In the eyes of New-England missionaries to the newly emancipated, this would have provided a pretty solid metaphor for the lives of the Union soldiers laid down for the freedom of the slaves and its spiritual corollary.

No copies on the market, and an especially tidy example and its scarcity perhaps related to its end-users being people dislocated, i.e. freedmen, etc. 

A.L.O.E. [Charlotte Maria Tucker]. Bought with a Price. New York. American Tract Society. 32pp.

Very good. The nicest copy we ever expect to see. Some light fraying at extremities, but cloth attractive and bright. Textually absolutely crisp and clean, one gathering forward.