The Afro-American press and its editors / by I. Garland Penn, principal in Lynchburg, Va., schools, : and ex-editor Lynchburg, Va., Laborer ; with contributions by Hon. Frederick Douglass, Hon. John R. Lynch ; Hon. J.T. Settle, Hon. D.A. Straker ; Hon. Jere A. Brown ; Hon. T. Thomas Fortune ; Hon John Mercer Langston ; Hon P.B.S. Pinchback. ; Prof. W.S. Scarborough ; Prof. J.H. Lawson ; Prof. Booker T. Washington ; Prof. George E. Stephen. ; Prof. Frank Trigg ; Bishop B.W. Arnett ; D.D., Rev J C Price ; D.D., Rev. T.G. Steward ; D.D., Rev. A.A. Burleigh. ; Rev. L.J. Coppin. ; D.D., James T. Still. M.D., ; William H. Johnson. M D. ; and Mrs. N.F. Mossell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penn, I. Garland (Irvine Garland), 1867-1930, author.

Contributor:

Williams, Daniel B. (Daniel Barclay), 1861- contributor.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, contributor.

Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939, contributor.

Settle, Josiah Thomas, 1850-1915, contributor.

Straker, D. Augustus (David Augustus), -1908, contributor.

Brown, J. A. (Jere A.), contributor.

Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928, contributor.

Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897, contributor.

Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921, contributor.

Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926, contributor.

Lawson, J. H., Professor, active 1889, contributor.

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, contributor.

Stephens, George E., contributor.

Trigg, Frank, contributor.

Arnett, Benjamin William, 1838-1906, contributor.

Price, Joseph Charles, 1854-1893, contributor.

Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould), 1843-1924, contributor.

Burleigh, A. A., contributor.

Coppin, Levi Jenkins, 1848-1924, contributor.

Still, James, T., contributor.

Johnson, William, H., contributor.

Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948, contributor.

Van Vlack, Charles, electrotyper.

Willey & Co. (Firm) (active 1889), publisher.

Clark W. Bryan & Co., printer.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American press--19th century.

African American press.

Press--United States--19th century.

Press.

African Americans--Biography--19th century.

African Americans.

United States.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements

collective biographies.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

565, [4] pages : portraits, plates, facsimile ; 21 cm

Manufacture:

Springfield, Massachusetts : Clark W. Bryan & Co. Printers

Springfield, Massachusetts : Charles van Vlack, Electrotyper

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Mass. : Willey & Co., Publishers, 1891.

Notes:

Introduction signed: "Daniel B. Williams ... November 7, 1889."--page

"Sold only by subscription"--Title page verso.

Includes publishers' advertisements at end of volume.

Includes index.

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C., in the Years 1890 and 1891, by I. Garland Penn. All rights reserved. Sold only by subscription."; title page verso.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

1629948