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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
  1. 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
  1. Providence : Printed by Brown & Danforth, 1821.
Format
  1. Book/text

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Additional authors
  1. Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806
  2. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  3. African Union Meeting and School-House (Providence, R.I.)
  4. Brown & Danforth, printer
Description
  1. 32 p.; 24 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  1. African Union Meeting and School-House (Providence, R.I.) - [Browse in index]
  2. African Americans -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
  3. African Americans -- Education -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
  4. African American churches -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
  5. Free African Americans -- Rhode Island -- Providence. - [Browse in index]
Genre/Form
  1. Inscriptions (Provenance)
Call number
  1. Sc Rare 280-S (Short history of the African Union Meeting)
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. "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.
  2. Exchange of letters between Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson, p. 17-20.
  3. Deed of the lot given by Moses Brown, p. 24-27.
  4. Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴ D-E⁴
Indexed in (note)
  1. Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829
Provenance (note)
  1. 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
  1. Researchers are restricted to the copy in: Sc Micro R-6560 no.6
Indexed in:
  1. Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829 6564
Provenance
  1. 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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