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Additional authors

1. Colman, Julia, 1828-1909.
2. Thompson, Matilda G.
3. Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday School Union
4. Carlton & Porter, publisher

Description

1. 158, [2] p. : ill.; 16 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Children's stories
2. Slavery > Juvenile literature
3. Slaves > Biography > Juvenile literature
4. Slaves > United States > Social conditions
5. Sunday school literature

Contents

1. A few words about American slave children -- Little Lewis: the story of a slave boy. By Julia Colman -- Mark and Hasty, or, Slave-life in Missouri. By Matilda G. Thompson -- Aunt Judy's story: a story from real life. By Matilda G. Thompson -- "Me neber gib it up!"

Call number

1. Sc Rare 326.4-C (The Child's anti-slavery book)

Note

1. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by Carlton & Porter, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
2. Pagination includes frontispiece and seven additional leaves of plates.
3. "Books for Sunday schools."--publisher's advertisement, [2] p. at end.

Indexed in (note)

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

Provenance (note)

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

Title

1. The Child's anti-slavery book : containing a few words about American slave children, and stories of slave life : ten illustrations.

Imprint

1. New York : Published by Carlton & Porter, Sunday-School Union, 200 Mulberry-Street, [1859]

Indexed in:

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 2293

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-C (accession no. B544706) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added author

1. Colman, Julia, 1828-1909. Little Lewis.
2. Thompson, Matilda G. Mark and Hasty, or, Slave life in Missouri.
3. Thompson, Matilda G. Aunt Judy's story.
4. Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday School Union.
5. Carlton & Porter, publisher.
6. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

LCCN

1. 11006642

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 326.4-C (The Child's anti-slavery book)