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Out of the ditch : a true story of an ex-slave

Title
Out of the ditch : a true story of an ex-slave / by J. Vance Lewis.
Author
Lewis, J. Vance, (Joseph Vance)
Publication
Houston, Texas : Rein & Sons Co., printers, 1910.

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TextUse in library IEC (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121
TextUse in library Sc B-Lewis, J. (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Additional Authors
  • Rein & Sons Co., printer.
  • Texas Engraving Company, engraver.
Description
[2], 154 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports.; 22 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Note
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1910, by J. Vance Lewis, in the office of the Librarian on Congress, at Washington, D.C."--verso of title page.
  • "Illustrated by the Texas Engraving Company."--p. [3].
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
Birthplace -- Life on the farm -- Doc Lewis becomes Judge Lewis -- School days -- College life -- In the courts of Illinois -- The case of John Donovan -- Henry Windgate's murder case in New York -- Mrs. Florida Philips tried for murder in Indianapolis, Indiana -- Before the courts of Harris County, Texas -- A conspiracy -- A trip to Europe -- Home coming -- Nineteenth of June in Cameron, Texas -- Into the jaws of death -- Religious parliament -- Conflict with the doctors -- Home and fireside.
Call Number
Sc B-Lewis, J. (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)
OCLC
13720001
Author
Lewis, J. Vance, (Joseph Vance)
Title
Out of the ditch : a true story of an ex-slave / by J. Vance Lewis.
Imprint
Houston, Texas : Rein & Sons Co., printers, 1910.
Provenance
Copy in Sc B-Lewis (accession no. B520676) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Black author.
Added Author
Rein & Sons Co., printer.
Texas Engraving Company, engraver.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc B-Lewis, J. (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)
IEC (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)
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