Research Catalog

Title

The Child's anti-slavery book : containing a few words about American slave children, and stories of slave life : ten illustrations.

Publication

New York : Published by Carlton & Porter, Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry-Street, [1859]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Colman, Julia, 1828-1909.
• Thompson, Matilda G.
• Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday School Union.
• Carlton & Porter, publisher.

Description

158, [2] p. : ill.; 16 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Children's stories
• Slavery > Juvenile literature
• Slaves > Biography > Juvenile literature
• Slaves > United States > Social conditions
• Sunday school literature

Note

• "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by Carlton & Porter, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• Pagination includes frontispiece and seven additional leaves of plates.
• "Books for Sunday schools."--publisher's advertisement, [2] p. at end.

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

A few words about American slave children -- Little Lewis: the story of a slave boy. By Julia Colman -- Mark and Hasty, or, Slave-life in Missouri. By Matilda G. Thompson -- Aunt Judy's story: a story from real life. By Matilda G. Thompson -- "Me neber gib it up!"

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-C (The Child's anti-slavery book)

LCCN

11006642

OCLC

• 1478315
• NYPGR1478315-B

Title

The Child's anti-slavery book : containing a few words about American slave children, and stories of slave life : ten illustrations.

Imprint

New York : Published by Carlton & Porter, Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry-Street, [1859]

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 2293

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-C (accession no. B544706) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Colman, Julia, 1828-1909. Little Lewis.

Thompson, Matilda G. Mark and Hasty, or, Slave life in Missouri.

Thompson, Matilda G. Aunt Judy's story.

Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday School Union.

Carlton & Porter, publisher.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-C (The Child's anti-slavery book)