Narrative of Dimmock Charlton : a British subject, taken from the brig "Peacock" by the U.S. sloop "Hornet," enslaved while a prisoner of war, and retained forty-five years in bondage

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, Mary L., ed.

Cox, Susan H., joint ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charlton, Dimmock, approximately 1801-.

Charlton, Dimmock.

Enslaved persons--Georgia--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

Prisoners of war--Great Britain.

Prisoners of war.

Prisoners of war--United States.

Physical Description:

15 p. ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia? : s.n., 1859]

Notes:

Title from cover.

Introductory chapter (p. [1]-3) signed: Mary L. & Susan H. Cox. The remainder of the pamphlet consists of extracts from the New York times and the Anti-slavery reporter relating to the case. Charlton, earlier known as Tallen and John Bull, was captured in Africa, released from a slave-ship by a British war vessel, and sent to Georgia after the capture of the "Peacock," where he was held as a slave until about 1857.

OCLC:

34071983