The Little innocent porcupine hornet's nest. [Five lines of verse.]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merry, Robert, 1755-1798

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American History.

Local Subjects:

African American History.

Physical Description:

35, [1] p. ; 19 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

United States of America : Printed for the author, [1800?]

Notes:

An anti-slavery pamphlet.

Contains no reference to William Cobbett, and may be later than 1800. Imprint date likely assigned due to typography (i.e., the use of the long-s).

Signatures: A-C⁶.

"I would ask if the negroes are not as much the express image of God, as white people are? And who are those that can say they are not?"--P. 9.

"The Slaves: An elegy"--P. [33]-35; attributed to Robert Merry.

Last page blank.

Local Notes:

Library copy: Stitched as issued

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 5981

English short title catalogue (ESTC), W42008

Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B11080