A narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper, from American slavery; :
with a preface, by the Rev. T. Price, D.D.

Description

Main Author

Roper, Moses.

Related Names

Cochran, John, active 1821-1865, engraver.
Price, Thomas, 1802-1868.
Johnston & Barrett
Harvey & Darton (London, England)

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Harvey and Darton, 55, Gracechurch Street. To be had also of G. Wightman, 24, Paternoster Row; William Ball, Aldine Chambers, Paternoster Row; and at the Anti-Slavery Office, 18, Aldermanbury, MDCCCXXXIX. [1839]

Edition

Third edition.--Twelfth thousand.

Subjects

Roper, Moses.
African American authors.
Slavery > Slavery / South Carolina.
Slavery > Slavery / United States.
Fugitive slaves > Fugitive slaves / United States > Fugitive slaves / United States / Biography.
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)
Engravings.
Slave narratives.
Autobiographies.

Note

"Subscribers to the work.": pages 185-193.
Compare with: Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd edition), supplement 1872.
Last page blank.
Frontispiece portrait of Moses Roper engraved by by J. Cochran.
"London: Johnston & Barrett, Printers, 13, Mark Lane."--Verso of title page.

Physical Description

xvi, [2], 193, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 15 cm

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