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The new man : Twenty-nine years a slave : Twenty-nine years a free man

Title: The new man : Twenty-nine years a slave : Twenty-nine years a free man / Recollections of H.C. Bruce.
Author: Bruce, Henry Clay, 1836-1902.
Publication: York, Pa. : P. Anstadt & Sons, 1895.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	Sc Rare 326.92-B (Bruce, H. C. New man)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Description

x, [1], 12-176 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait; 24 cm

Summary

Narrative of slave life, mainly in Missouri.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

Twenty-nine years a slave
Twenty-nine years a free man

Subjects

Genre/Form

Slave narratives.
Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Memoirs.
Autographs (Provenance)
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Bookplates (Provenance)

Indexed In (note)

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd edition)
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Additional Formats (note)

Also available on microfilm & in digital form, Schomburg Center's researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-1120 or to the electronic resource.

Source (note)

Arthur A. Schomburg;
A.A. Schomburg;

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.92-B (Bruce, H. C. New man)

LCCN

14007617

OCLC

6964307

Author

Bruce, Henry Clay, 1836-1902.

Title

The new man : Twenty-nine years a slave : Twenty-nine years a free man / Recollections of H.C. Bruce.

Publisher

York, Pa. : P. Anstadt & Sons, 1895.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd edition), Supplement 296

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 2, page 1090, column 3, row 7

Additional Formats

Also available on microfilm & in digital form, Schomburg Center's researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-1120 or to the electronic resource.

Local Note

The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division has two copies of this book. Copy 1 (accession no. G73318) 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. It's also inscribed in ink: "personal copy of Senator B. K. Bruce of Mississippi presented to the Schomburg Collection by Mr. Schomburg." Library-bound in red cloth over boards, with the illustrated original wrappers and Hon. B. K. Bruce's personal leather cover pasted on a soft paper board and gilt spine title.

Copy 2 (accession no. B389719) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. It includes NYPL's bookplate of "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection," NYPL's perforated stamp, and some early processing markings.

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