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The journal of Charlotte Forten : a free Negro in the slave era / edited, with an introduction and notes, by Ray Allen Billington.
Van Pelt Library LA2317.F67 A33 1981
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forten, Charlotte L.
- Standardized Title:
- Journal
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forten, Charlotte L.
- African American teachers--United States--Biography.
- African American teachers.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 286. pages, 2 unnumbered pages : maps ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1981.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten. Salem Schooldays: May 24, 1854-December 31, 1854; Student and Abolitionist: January 1, 1855-May 29, 1856; Teacher and Invalid: June 18, 1856-June 11, 1857; Philadelphia and Salem: June 12, 1857-January 1, 1960; From Salem to St. Helena Island: June 22, 1862-November 29, 1862; Life Among the Freedmen: November 30, 1862- February 14, 1863; End of a Mission: February 15, 1863-May 15, 1864.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1953 by The Dryden Press, Inc.
- "First published as a Norton paperback 1981."
- "Cover design by Mike McIver."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 039300046X
- OCLC:
- 6648645
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