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The penitential tyrant; : a juvenile poem, in two cantos. : To which is prefixed, compendious memoirs of the author. / By Thomas Branagan, author of "Preliminary essay on slavery," "Avenia," &c. Late slave-holder from Africa, and planter from Antigua; who, from conscientious motives, relinquished a lucrative situation he held in that island; and now publishes to the world the tragical scenes he daily witnessed, and the infinite goodness of the Almighty in giving him fortitude to forsake and iniquitious employ. ; [Two lines of verse].
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Available online
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8077.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843.
- Slavery--Juvenile poetry.
- Slavery--United States--Controversial literature.
- Slavery.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Poems -- 1805.
- Juvenile literature -- 1805.
- Controversial literature.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- liii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 56-122 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Printed for the author., 1805.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Compendius memoirs, &c.
- A short account of poor Joseph
- The penitential tyrant; a juvenile poem, in three cantos
- Appendix. Messiah: a sacred ecologue, in imitation of Virgil's Pollio.
- Notes:
- Text probably intended for older children and young adults.
- Frontispiece signed: Barralet del. Edwin sc.
- Wood-engraving, p. [xlii], signed: James Poupard, sculp.
- Error in paging: p. 81 misnumbered 91.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8077).
- Contains:
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Messiah.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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