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The life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro patriot of Hayti : comprising an account of the struggle for liberty in the island, and a sketch of its history to the present period

Title: The life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro patriot of Hayti : comprising an account of the struggle for liberty in the island, and a sketch of its history to the present period / by the Rev. John R. Beard, D.D. ; with numerous engravings.
Author: Beard, J. R. (John Relly), 1800-1876.
Publication: London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. and sold by all booksellers, MDCCCLIII. [1853]

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	AN (Toussaint) (Beard, J. R. Life of Toussaint Louverture)	Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
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Description

xi, [1], 335, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, map; 20 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

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Note

With added illustrated title page.
"London: Savill and Edwards, printers, Chandos Street, Covent Garden."--printer statement, colophon, page [1] at end.

Indexed In (note)

Bissainthe, M. Dictionnaire de bibliographie haïtienne
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

bk. 1. From the commencement of the struggle for liberty in Hayti to the full establishment of Toussaint L'Ouverture's power -- bk. 2. From the fitting out of the expedition by Bonaparte against Saint Domingo to the submission of Toussaint L'Ouverture -- bk. 3. From the ravages of the yellow fever in Hayti until the deposition and death of its liberator -- bk. 4. From the evacuation of Hayti by the French to the present time.

Call Number

Sc Rare B-Toussaint Louverture (Beard, J. R. Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture)

LCCN

15006003

OCLC

2211234
NYPGR2211234-B

Author

Beard, J. R. (John Relly), 1800-1876.

Title

The life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro patriot of Hayti : comprising an account of the struggle for liberty in the island, and a sketch of its history to the present period / by the Rev. John R. Beard, D.D. ; with numerous engravings.

Publisher

London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. and sold by all booksellers, MDCCCLIII. [1853]

Indexed In:

Bissainthe, M. Dictionnaire de bibliographie haïtienne, 4637

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 989

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Toussaint Louverture (copy 1) (accession no. B571154) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Ingram, Cooke, & Co., publisher.

Savill and Edwards, printer.

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

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Sc Rare B-Toussaint Louverture (Beard, J. R. Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture)

AN (Toussaint) (Beard, J. R. Life of Toussaint Louverture)

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