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The Gospels, written in the Negro patois of English, with Arabic characters, by a Mandingo slave in Georgia.

Title
  1. The Gospels, written in the Negro patois of English, with Arabic characters, by a Mandingo slave in Georgia.
Published by
  1. [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1857]
Author
  1. Hodgson, William Brown, 1800-1871

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Additional authors
  1. London, Mandingo slave.
  2. Ethnological Society of New York.
Description
  1. 16 pages; 24 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  1. Arabic language > Africa
  2. Bible > Gospels > Manuscripts, English
  3. Bible > Gospels > Manuscripts, Arabic
  4. Muslims, Black
  5. Muslims > United States > Language
  6. English language > United States > Dialects
  7. Christian converts from Islam
  8. London, Mandingo slave > Language
  9. Slaves > United States > Language
Call number
  1. Sc Rare 225.5-H (Hodgson, W. B. The Gospels, written in the)
Note
  1. Paper read before the Ethnological Society of New York on Oct. 13, 1857, on the occasion of presentation of the manuscript of the Gospels (written by a Mandingo named London) to the Society.
  2. "At a regular meeting of the Ethnological Society of New York, on the 13th of October, 1857, the following paper was read by W.B. Hodgson, Esq., of Savannah."--page [3].
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.
Author
  1. Hodgson, William Brown, 1800-1871, author.
Title
  1. The Gospels, written in the Negro patois of English, with Arabic characters, by a Mandingo slave in Georgia.
Publisher
  1. [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1857]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Indexed in:
  1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 4877
Provenance
  1. Copy in Sc Rare 225.5-H (accession no. B594215) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Added author
  1. London, Mandingo slave.
  2. Ethnological Society of New York.
  3. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research call number
  1. Sc Rare 225.5-H (Hodgson, W. B. The Gospels, written in the)
  2. *YHZ (Negro-Eng.) (Hodgson, W.B. Gospels)
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