Narrative of Joanna, an emancipated slave of Surinam : (from Stedman's Narrative of a five year's expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797, author.

Contributor:

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880, bibliographic antecedent.

Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843, publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Standardized Title:

Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Suriname--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Suriname.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

Suriname.

Genre:

Biographies.

Publishers' advertisements.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

64, [8] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm

Other Title:

Joanna

Place of Publication:

Boston : Published by Isaac Knapp, 25, Cornhill, 1838.

Notes:

Caption title: Joanna.

Scattered passages from Stedman's Narrative of a five year's expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam joined to form a connected narrative.

"This extract is reprinted from that in Mrs. L.M. Child's 'Oasis, ' 1834, and contains her introductory and concluding notes, and the same portrait"--Sabin 91076.

"A Negro mother's appeal" and "The slave-dealer : from Pringle's African sketches" (poems): Pages [59]-64.

"Standard anti-slavery works, for sale by Isaac Knapp, at the Depository, No. 25, Cornhill, Boston.": Pages [65]-[72].

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2021 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy: tail outer portion of pages 5-8 torn off with some loss of text.

Cited in:

Checklist Amer. imprints 53093

NUC pre-1956, NS 0882971

Schimmel, C.F. OK, I'll do it myself (2nd ed., revised), 13

OCLC:

23144446