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Additional authors

1. John P. Jewett and Company (Boston, Mass.), publisher.
2. Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, publisher.
3. Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, publisher.
4. Trübner & Co., publisher.
5. Allen and Farnham, stereotyper, printer.

Description

1. xii, 387, [1] pages; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative title

1. Refugee
2. Narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada, related by themselves
3. North-side view of slavery
4. Refugee, or a north-side view of slavery
5. Narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada

Subject

1. Fugitive slaves > Canada > Biography
2. Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography
3. Black people > Canada > Biography
4. African Americans > Canada > Biography
5. Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions
6. Slavery > United States > History
7. Underground Railroad

Call number

1. Sc Rare D 98-1

Note

1. At head of title: A North-side view of slavery.
2. Running title: The refugee; or A north-side view of slavery.
3. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by John P. Jewett and Company, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
4. "Cambridge: Allen and Farnham, stereotypers and printers."--verso of title page.

Indexed in (note)

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

Source (note)

1. Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

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

Author

1. Drew, Benjamin, 1812-1903, author.

Title

1. The refugee, or, The narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada, related by themselves : with an account of the history and condition of the colored population of Upper Canada / by Benjamin Drew.

Publisher

1. Boston : Published by John P. Jewett & Company ; Cleveland, Ohio : Jewett, Proctor and Worthington ; New York : Sheldon, Lamport and Blakeman ; London : Trübner and Co., 1856.

Copyright date

1. ©1856.

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.), 3267

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc 326.973F-D (accession no. B541589) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added author

1. John P. Jewett and Company (Boston, Mass.), publisher.
2. Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, publisher.
3. Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, publisher.
4. Trübner & Co., publisher.
5. Allen and Farnham, stereotyper, printer.
6. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Running title

1. Refugee, or a north-side view of slavery

Research call number

1. Sc Rare D 98-1
2. Sc 326.973F-D (Drew, B. Refugee)