The life and adventures of Olaudah Equiano; or Gustavus Vassa, the African. :
From an account written by himself. /
Abridged by A. Mott. ; To which are added Some remarks on the slave trade, &c.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261 Pearl-street. R. & G.S. Wood, printers, 1829.
- Subjects
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Equiano, Olaudah,
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Equiano, Olaudah, /
1745-1797
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Equiano, Olaudah, / 1745-1797 /
Portraits.
Equiano, Olaudah,
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Equiano, Olaudah, /
1745-1797.
Slavery
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Slavery /
West Indies, British
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Slavery / West Indies, British /
History
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Slavery / West Indies, British / History /
18th century.
Slavery
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Slavery /
United States
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Slavery / United States /
History
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Slavery / United States / History /
18th century.
Slave trade
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Slave trade /
Great Britain
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Slave trade / Great Britain /
History
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Slave trade / Great Britain / History /
18th century.
Slavery
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Slavery /
Great Britain
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Slavery / Great Britain /
History
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Slavery / Great Britain / History /
18th century.
Enslaved persons
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Enslaved persons /
United States
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Enslaved persons / United States /
Biography.
Enslaved persons
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Enslaved persons /
Great Britain
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Enslaved persons / Great Britain /
Biography.
Slave trade
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Slave trade /
Juvenile literature.
Slavery
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Slavery /
Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons
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Enslaved persons /
Biography.
Africans
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Africans /
Biography.
Printed wrappers (Binding)
Wrappers (Binding)
Publishers' advertisements
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Publishers' advertisements /
New York (State)
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Publishers' advertisements / New York (State) /
New York
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Publishers' advertisements / New York (State) / New York /
19th century.
Prayers.
Poems.
Slave narratives.
Autobiographies.
Juvenile literature.
Relief prints.
- Note
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"Juvenile books, published by Samuel Wood & Sons, New York.": page [4] of cover.
"The Negro's prayer. The following Prayer was penned by a Black Man, a slave, in the lower part of Virginia, and was presented by him to his master ... Written in 1790.": page 36.
Title vignette, of kneeling slave, with captions "Am I not a man and a brother" (above) and "Ah pity human mis'ry, human wo! 'Tis what the happy to the unhappy owe" (below).
Illustrations are wood engravings by Alexander Anderson.
"Having, for several years, been one of the committee to visit the Female Department of the African Free School in New York ... I have observed that the tickets given to the pupils, as rewards ... have a very favourable tendency. ... Similar observations induces me to believe that there is scarcely any thing which can be given to a child as a premium for good behaviour which has a better tendency than a book. This belief prompted me to attempt an abridgement of the Memoirs of Gustavus Vassa, the African ..."--Preface on verso of title page, signed and dated: A.M. [that is, Abigail Mott] Hickory Grove, 6th mo. 1825.
- Physical Description
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36 pages :
illustrations, portrait ;
18 cm
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