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Title

The penitential tyrant, or, Slave trader reformed : a pathetic poem, in four cantos / by Thomas Branagan.

Author

Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843.

Publication

New-York : Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, no. 362, Pearl-Street, 1807.

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Additional Authors

• Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
• Marjoribanks, J. (John), -1797?
• Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
• Wood, Samuel, 1760-1844
• Barralet, John James, approximately 1747-1815
• Edwin, David, 1776-1841
• Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870

Description

xii, 290, [10] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 15 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

• Penitential tyrant
• Slave trader reformed

Subjects

• Poems > 1807
• Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843
• Subscription publications
• Slavery > United States > Controversial literature
• Slavery > United States > Juvenile poetry
• Juvenile literature > 1807
• Slave trade > Juvenile poetry
• Slave trade > Poetry
• Antigua > Description and travel
• Slavery > United States > Poetry

Genre/Form

• Juvenile literature – 1807.
• Poems – 1807.
• Subscription publications.

Note

• An earlier edition has subtitle, "A juvenile poem." Probably intended for older children and young adults.
• Frontispiece signed: Barralet del. Edwin sc.
• Wood engraving, p. 274, signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
• List of subscribers, p. [1]-[9] at end; advertisement, p. [10] at end.

Indexed In (note)

• Shaw, R.R. American bibliography
• Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870
• Wegelin, O. Early American poetry
• Stoddard, R.E. Amer. verse
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906

Provenance (note)

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

Contents

Description of the frontispiece -- To the reader -- Introduction -- Compendious memoirs, of the author -- A short account of poor Joseph -- The penitential tyrant -- Notes to The penitential tyrant -- Appendix -- Messiah: a sacred ecologue, in imitation of Virgil's Pollio [by Alexander Pope] -- Buying stolen goods synonymous with stealing; or, The immorality of using the produce of slavery demonstrated. Addressed to all Christians of all denominations -- A subject for conversation and reflection at the tea-table. Originally published in England [by William Cowper] -- The method of procuring slaves on the coast of Africa ... Extracted from authentic documents, and exemplified by engravings -- Extract from an essay in verse, entitled, Slavery. By Captain Marjoribanks, belonging to a British regiment which was stationed in the West-Indies.

Call Number

Sc Rare 821-B (Branagan, T. Penitential tyrant)

LCCN

19020095

OCLC

• 2039889
• NYPGR2039889-B

Author

Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843.

Title

The penitential tyrant, or, Slave trader reformed : a pathetic poem, in four cantos / by Thomas Branagan.

Imprint

New-York : Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, no. 362, Pearl-Street, 1807.

Edition

The second edition, enlarged.

Indexed In:

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography 12202

Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870 213

Wegelin, O. Early American poetry 879

Stoddard, R.E. Amer. verse 838

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 1480

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 821-B (accession no. B389125) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to microfilm in: Sc Micro R-6400.

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Added Author

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Messiah.

Marjoribanks, J. (John), -1797? Slavery.

Cowper, William, 1731-1800.

Wood, Samuel, 1760-1844, publisher.

Barralet, John James, approximately 1747-1815, illustrator.

Edwin, David, 1776-1841, engraver.

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 821-B (Branagan, T. Penitential tyrant)