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Autobiography of a fugitive Negro : his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada & England
- Title
- Autobiography of a fugitive Negro : his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada & England / by Samuel Ringgold Ward, Toronto.
- Author
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866.
- Publication
- London : John Snow, 35, Paternoster Row, 1855.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare B-Ward (Ward, S. R. Autobiography of a fugitive Negro) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Snow, John, 1806 or 1807-1890
- Description
- xii, 412 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 18 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866 > Portraits
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866 > Travel
- Black people > Canada
- African American abolitionists > Biography
- Antislavery movements > Canada
- Black author
- African Americans > Biography
- Antislavery movements > United States
- Antislavery movements > Great Britain
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Provenance (note)
- inscribed: in ink at foot of p. 412 "A.A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- Autobiography: ch. 1. Family history ; ch. 2. Personal history ; ch. 3. The fugitives from slavery ; ch. 4. Struggles against the prejudice of colour -- Anti-slavery labours. pt. 1. United States. ch. 1. Anti-slavery-- What? ; ch. 2. Work begun ; ch. 3. The field occupied ; ch. 4. The issue contemplated ; ch. 5. The political question ; ch. 6. The white church and coloured pastor ; ch. 7. Terminus of labours in the United States -- pt. 2. Canada. ch. 1. First impressions: Reasons for labours ; ch. 2. Resistance to slave policy ; ch. 3. Fugitives evince true heroism ; ch. 4. Canadian freemen -- pt. 3. Great Britain. ch. 1. Voyage, arrival, etc. ; ch. 2. Commencement of labour in England ; ch. 3. Pro-slavery men in England ; ch. 4. British abolitionism ; ch. 5. Incidents, etc. ; ch. 6. Scotland ; ch. 7. Ireland ; ch. 8. Wales ; ch. 9. Grateful reminiscences-- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Ward (Ward, S. R. Autobiography of a fugitive Negro)
- OCLC
- 3159697
- 29043576
- NYPGR29043576-B
- Author
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817-1866.
- Title
- Autobiography of a fugitive Negro : his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada & England / by Samuel Ringgold Ward, Toronto.
- Imprint
- London : John Snow, 35, Paternoster Row, 1855.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare B-Ward (accession no. B571188) inscribed: in ink at foot of p. 412 "A.A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Local Note
- Copy in Sc Rare B-Ward accompanied by 16 p. publisher's catalog bound-in at end: "List of new and important works, published by John Snow, 35, Paternoster Row."
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Snow, John, 1806 or 1807-1890, bookseller.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Ward (Ward, S. R. Autobiography of a fugitive Negro)