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Autobiography of James L. Smith : including, also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc.

Title
Autobiography of James L. Smith : including, also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc.
Author
Smith, James L. (James Lindsay)
Publication
Norwich [Conn.] : Press of the Bulletin Company, 1881.

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TextUse in library IEC (Smith, J. L. Autobiography of James L. Smith)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121
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Press of the Bulletin Company, publisher.
Description
xiii, [3], 150 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., port.; 22 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Note
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by James L. Smith, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
ch. 1. Birth and childhood -- ch. 2. Youth and early manhood -- ch. 3. Life in Heathsville -- ch. 4. Escape from slavery -- ch. 5. Life in freedom -- ch. 6. Life in Norwich, Conn. -- ch. 7. The War of the Rebellion -- ch. 8. After the war -- ch. 9. Conclusion -- ch. 10. Colored men during the war -- ch. 11. Recollections during the war -- ch. 12. The exodus.
Call Number
Sc Rare C 84-13
OCLC
  • 671754
  • NYPG85-B2596
Author
Smith, James L. (James Lindsay)
Title
Autobiography of James L. Smith : including, also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen, causes of the exodus, etc.
Imprint
Norwich [Conn.] : Press of the Bulletin Company, 1881.
Indexed In:
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9524
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-S (accession no. B389729) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare C 84-13
Sc Rare C 81-30
Sc Rare 326.92-S (Smith, J. L. Autobiography of James L. Smith)
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