A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 : with rules for its future government : published by particular request.
- Title
- A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 : with rules for its future government : published by particular request.
- Published by
- Providence : Printed by Brown & Danforth, 1821.
- Format
- Book/text
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| Status | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Rare 280-S (Short history of the African Union Meeting) | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 32 p.; 24 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subject
- African Union Meeting and School-House (Providence, R.I.) - [Browse in index]
- African Americans -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
- African Americans -- Education -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
- African American churches -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
- Free African Americans -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
- Genre/Form
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Call number
- Sc Rare 280-S (Short history of the African Union Meeting)
- Language
- English
- Note
- "The design of publishing the following pages, is to prevent any misunderstanding among the people of colour, respecting their meeting and school-house, and thereby laying a foundation of future difficulty."--verso of title page.
- Exchange of letters between Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson, p. 17-20.
- Deed of the lot given by Moses Brown, p. 24-27.
- Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴ D-E⁴
- Indexed in (note)
- Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829
- Provenance (note)
- inscribed: in ink on title page "Zacariah Allen Esq." ; inscribed: in ink on title page: "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Local note
- Researchers are restricted to the copy in: Sc Micro R-6560 no.6
- Indexed in:
- Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829 6564
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 280-S (accession no. B513215) inscribed: in ink on title page "Zacariah Allen Esq." ; inscribed: in ink on title page: "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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