Research Catalog

Title

An oration on the abolition of the slave trade : delivered in the African Church, in the city of New-York, January 1, 1808 / by Peter Williams, Jun. a descendant of Africa.

Author

Williams, Peter, Jr., 1780?-1840

Publication

• New-York : Printed by Samuel Wood. No. 362, Pearl-Street, 1808.
• ©1808.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sipkins, Henry.
• Wood, Samuel, 1760-1844

Description

26, [2] pages; 22 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Black author
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Slave trade > United States

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• Copyright Jan. 11, 1808, by Peter Williams.
• "The introductory address by Henry Sipkins."--page [9].
• "Having understood, that some persons doubt my being the author of this oration ... I have thought proper to authenticate the fact, by subjoining the following certificates."--[2] pages at end.
• Two states of gathering [A] noted; priority not determined.
• In the American Antiquarian Society copy the first sheet is imposed so that the letter "To Peter Williams, Jun." from Isaac Fortune, chairman of the committee of arrangements appears on p. [3], the dedication "To the different societies for the abolition of slavery" appears on p. [5], and the "Order of the celebration of the day" appears on page [7].
• In the Library Company of Philadelphia copy the first sheet is imposed so that the "Order of the celebration of the day" appears on p. [3], the dedication "To the different societies for the abolition of slavery," appears on p. [5], and the letter "To Peter Williams, Jun." from Isaac Fortune, chairman of the committee of arrangements appears on page [7].

Indexed In (note)

• Shaw, R.R. American bibliography
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on title page "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-W (Williams, P. Oration on the abolition of the slave trade)

OCLC

• 5506679
• 26274480
• NYPGR26274480-B

Author

Williams, Peter, Jr., 1780?-1840, author.

Title

An oration on the abolition of the slave trade : delivered in the African Church, in the city of New-York, January 1, 1808 / by Peter Williams, Jun. a descendant of Africa.

Publisher

New-York : Printed by Samuel Wood. No. 362, Pearl-Street, 1808.

Copyright Date

©1808.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 16741

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 11252

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.1-W (accession no. B526311) inscribed: in ink on title page "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 326.1-W has gathering [A] in the same state as the copy held by the American Antiquarian Society. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Sipkins, Henry.

Wood, Samuel, 1760-1844, printer.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-W (Williams, P. Oration on the abolition of the slave trade)