Narrative of Dimmock Charlton,
a British subject, taken from the brig "Peacock" by the U.S. sloop "Hornet," enslaved while a prisoner of war, and retained forty-five years in bondage.

Description

Main Author

Cox, Mary L.

Related Names

Cox, Susan H., joint ed.

Language(s)

English

Published

[Philadelphia? 1859]

Subjects

Charlton, Dimmock, > Charlton, Dimmock, / b. ca. 1801.
Peacock (Brig).
Hornet (Sloop).

Note

Introductory chapter (p. [1]-3) signed: Mary L. & Susan H. Cox. The remainder of the pamphlet consists of extracts from the New York times and the Anti-slavery reporter relating to the case. Charlton, earlier known as Tallen and John Bull, was captured in Africa, released from a slave-ship by a British war vessel, and sent to Georgia after the capture of the "Peacock," where he was held as a slave until about 1857.
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Physical Description

15 p. 18 cm.

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