Research Catalog

Title

Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave / written by himself ; with an introduction by Lucius C. Matlack.

Author

Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854

Publication

• New York : Published by the Author, 5 Spruce Street, 1849.
• New York : MacDonald & Lee, Printers, 9 Spruce Street, 1849.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Matlack, Lucius C., 1816-1883.
• Reason, Patrick Henry, 1816-1898
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Description

207 pages : illustrations; 19 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Subjects

• Biographies
• United States
• Southern States
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Kentucky
• Slavery
• Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854
• Fugitive slaves > United States
• Enslaved persons > Southern States
• Enslaved persons > Kentucky > Biography
• Black author

Genre/Form

• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Biographies.

Note

• Frontispiece "engraved by P.H. Reason."
• ""Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by Henry Bibb, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."-- t.p. verso.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on microfiche and digital format; Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy In: Sc Micro F-16942 or to the electronic resource.

Source (note)

• Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• Incribed in red ink on the preliminary page: "A present from father Dec. 25, 1891 to [Wm. M. H.?] Andrews, Lowell, Mass."

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-B (Bibb, H. Narrative)

OCLC

26342933

Author

Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854, author.

Title

Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave / written by himself ; with an introduction by Lucius C. Matlack.

Publisher

New York : Published by the Author, 5 Spruce Street, 1849.

Manufacturer

New York : MacDonald & Lee, Printers, 9 Spruce Street, 1849.

Edition

3rd stereotype ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 1, page 875, column 3, row 4

Additional Formats

Also available on microfiche and digital format; Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy In: Sc Micro F-16942 or to the electronic resource.

Provenance

Incribed in red ink on the preliminary page: "A present from father Dec. 25, 1891 to [Wm. M. H.?] Andrews, Lowell, Mass."

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy is a gift donated by "Arthur A. Schomburg" probably added to the Schomburg collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian. It includes NYPL's bookplate of "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection," the NYPL perforated stamp, and early processing markings of the original Schomburg Collection. Library-bound in red cloth over boards, with the illustrated cloth of the original decorated cover pasted on the front and back and gilt spine title; also includes a library rebounding date stamped: "May 4, 1942" on page [3] of the cover. G. K. Halls v. 1, page 875, column 3, row 4 showed a "July 17, 1942" re-cataloging date.

Source

Gift; Arthur A. Schomburg; G57750. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Place of Publication

United States New York New York.

Added Author

Matlack, Lucius C., 1816-1883.

Reason, Patrick Henry, 1816-1898, engraver.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948, collection librarian.

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

Other Form:

Online version: Bibb, Henry, 1815- Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave. 3rd stereotype ed. New York : H. Bibb, 1849 (OCoLC)879551640

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-B (Bibb, H. Narrative)