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The Barbadoes girl : a tale for young people / by the author of The clergyman's widow and family, Merchant's widow and family, Affectionate brothers, Panorama of Europe, The sisters, Daughter-in-law, andc. andc.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara), 1770-1844, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.
- Conduct of life.
- Girls--Conduct of life.
- Girls.
- Pride and vanity--Juvenile literature.
- Pride and vanity.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : William Burgess, Juvenile Emporium, 1831.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- After her father dies, a young girl travels with her slave to England, where everyone finds the girls treatment of the slave absolutely appalling.
- Notes:
- Frontispiece engraved by Illman and Pilbrow.
- Added engraved title page.
- Publisher's advertisement: [1] page at end.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Local Notes:
- Scanned copy defective and imperfect: pages 25-72 wanting; pages 77-78 wanting; page 145 torn, affecting text.
- OCLC:
- 905331225
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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