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Slave life in Georgia : a narrative of the life, sufferings, and escape of John Brown, a fugitive slave, now in England / edited by L.A. Chamerovzow, Secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
1855
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- Publisher
- London : May be had on application to the editor, at no. 27, New Broad Street, and of all booksellers, 1855.
- [London] : W.M. Watts, Crown Court, Temple Bar
- People
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- Author
- Brown, John, active 1854
- Related Name
- British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Brown, John active 1854
- Enslaved persons—Georgia—Biography
- Fugitive slaves—United States—Biography
- Enslaved persons—Georgia—Social conditions
- Slavery—Georgia
- Plantation life—Georgia
- Underground Railroad
- Antislavery movements—United States
- Autobiographies
- Slave narratives
- Publishers' cloth bindings
- Ribbon-embossed cloth bindings
- Biographies
- Inscriptions
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Slave life in Georgia : a narrative of the life, sufferings, and escape of John Brown, a fugitive slave, now in England / edited by L.A. Chamerovzow, Secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
- Call Number
- N-003682
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dch702qm677
- Publisher
- London : May be had on application to the editor, at no. 27, New Broad Street, and of all booksellers, 1855.
- [London] : W.M. Watts, Crown Court, Temple Bar
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1855
- Extent
- [2], ii, 250 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 17 cm
- Provenance
- Princeton copy 1 A contemporary signed inscription in dark sepia ink on the title page: “To be returned to Lydia Prideaux”.
- References
- Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd edition), 1696
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Printer statement from verso of title page.
- Frontispiece signed: from a colodion by J. Dudman.
- Inserted at end is British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society's advertisement for publication of Anti-Slavery Reporter and anti-slavery tracts.
- Contemporary limp binding; green ribbon-embossed cloth (similar to Krupp At5); upper cover titled in gold; spine unlettered.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Brown, John active 1854
- Enslaved persons—Georgia—Biography
- Fugitive slaves—United States—Biography
- Enslaved persons—Georgia—Social conditions
- Slavery—Georgia
- Plantation life—Georgia
- Underground Railroad
- Antislavery movements—United States
- Autobiographies
- Slave narratives
- Publishers' cloth bindings
- Ribbon-embossed cloth bindings
- Biographies
- Inscriptions
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 264
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Black History and Culture Evergreen Initiative
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ebb0f41d-7453-407c-883c-29da5825308e/manifest