Narrative of James Williams, an American slave: who was for several years a driver on a cotton plantation in Alabama. - Williams, James; Moore, Thomas; Reason, Patrick Henry; Cooke, R.; Knapp, Isaac; Whittier, John Greenleaf; American Anti-Slavery Society. (Authentic narrative of James Williams, an American slave, 1838)
"New books, for sale by Isaac Knapp, 25 Cornhill, Boston."--Back cover.
Frontispiece portrait of James Williams signed: R. Cooke del. from an engraving by Patrick Reason. Moore's Lithog. Boston.
"Stereotyped at Geo. A. & J. Curtis's Type & Stereotype Foundry.--Boston."--Verso of title page.
Written by J. G. Whittier from the verbal narrative of Williams. Cf. G. R. Carpenter, John Greenleaf Whittier, 1903, p. 165
"Note by the editor.--The reader is referred to John G. Whittier, of Amesbury, Mass.,--or to the following gentlemen, who have heard the whole or a part of his story from his own lips; Emmor Kimber, of Kimberton, Pa., Lindley Coates, of Lancaster Co., do.; James Mott, of Philadelphia; Lewis Tappan, Elizur Wright, Jun., Rev. Dr. Follen, and James G. Birney, of New-York. The latter gentleman, who was a few years ago a citizen of Alabama, assures us that the statements made to him by James Williams were such as he had every reason to believe, from his own knowledge of slavery in that state."--Cover.
Keywords: Slaves / Alabama / Biography.; Slavery / Alabama.; African American illustrator. / local / GEU; African American author. / local / GEU; Booksellers' advertisements / Massachusetts / Boston / 1838 / rbgenr; Slave narratives. / rbgenr