Research Catalog

Title

A narrative of events since the first of August, 1834 / by James Williams, an apprenticed labourer in Jamaica.

Author

Williams, James, 1818-

Publication

London : Printed by John Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury. Sold by William Ball, Aldine Chambers, Paternoster Row; and all other booksellers, [1837]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Price, Thomas, 1802-1868.
• Haddon, John
• Ball, William (Publisher)

Description

23, [1] pages; 18 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Enslaved persons > Jamaica > Social conditions
• Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Jamaica
• Black people > Jamaica
• Apprentices > Jamaica
• Slavery > Jamaica
• Labor > Jamaica
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Black author
• Printers' advertisements > England > London > 19th century
• Jamaica > Race relations

Genre/Form

• Printers' advertisements – England – London – 19th century.
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• "Advertisement" on p. [iii]-iv signed and dated: Thomas Price, D.D., Hackney, London. June 20, 1837.
• Printers' advertisements, p. [1] at end.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on title page "J. Eliz. Jones * Nov. 5th 1864." ; 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 326.92-W (Williams, J. Narrative of events. 1837)

OCLC

26375614

Author

Williams, James, 1818- author.

Title

A narrative of events since the first of August, 1834 / by James Williams, an apprenticed labourer in Jamaica.

Publisher

London : Printed by John Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury. Sold by William Ball, Aldine Chambers, Paternoster Row; and all other booksellers, [1837]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 11244

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 104237

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-W (accession no. B526977) inscribed: in ink on title page "J. Eliz. Jones * Nov. 5th 1864." ; 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 326.92-W has [1] folded leaf of plates tipped in between p. [ii] and [iii] entitled: "A tread-mill scene in Jamaica." (This engraving was published seperately from, but roughly around the same time as, Williams' narrative, cf. A narrative of events since the first of August, 1834 ... / James Williams ; edited and with an introduction by Diana Paton. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2001.)

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Price, Thomas, 1802-1868.

Haddon, John, printer.

Ball, William (Publisher), publisher.

Jones, J. Elizabeth (Jane Elizabeth), 1813-1896, former owner, inscriber.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-W (Williams, J. Narrative of events. 1837)