Research Catalog

Title

Narrative of James Williams, an American slave, who was for several years a driver on a cotton plantation in Alabama.

Author

Williams, James, 1805-

Publication

New York : Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, no. 143 Nassau Street ; Boston : Isaac Knapp, 25 Cornhill, 1838.

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Additional Authors

• Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
• Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
• Cooke, Robert, approximately 1810-1843
• Reason, Patrick Henry, 1816-1898
• Moore, Thomas, 1798 or 1799-1842
• American Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.
• Geo. A. and J. Curtis's Type and Stereotype Foundry, stereotyper.
• American Anti-Slavery Society.

Description

xxiii, [1], 25-108 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port.; 16 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Williams, James, 1805-
• Enslaved persons > Alabama > Biography
• Slavery > Alabama
• Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography
• Black author
• Williams, James, 1805- > Portraits

Note

• Written by J.G. Whittier from the verbal narrative of Williams. Cf. Carpenter, G.R. John Greenleaf Whittier, 1903, p. 165.
• "Stereotyped at Geo. A. & J. Curtis's Type & Stereotype Foundry.--Boston."--verso of title page.
• Frontispiece portrait of James Williams signed: "R. Cooke del. from an engraving by Patrick Reason." "Moore's Lithog. Boston."

Indexed In (note)

• Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature
• Checklist of American imprints

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-W (Williams, J. Narrative of...)

LCCN

17005243

OCLC

• 13131138
• NYPGR13131138-B

Author

Williams, James, 1805-

Title

Narrative of James Williams, an American slave, who was for several years a driver on a cotton plantation in Alabama.

Imprint

New York : Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, no. 143 Nassau Street ; Boston : Isaac Knapp, 25 Cornhill, 1838.

Indexed In:

Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 22247

Checklist of American imprints, 53636

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-W (accession no. B594165) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6245 or the electronic resource.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.

American Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.

Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843, publisher.

Geo. A. and J. Curtis's Type and Stereotype Foundry, stereotyper.

Cooke, Robert, approximately 1810-1843, illustrator.

Reason, Patrick Henry, 1816-1898, illustrator.

Moore, Thomas, 1798 or 1799-1842, lithographer.

American Anti-Slavery Society.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-W (Williams, J. Narrative of...)