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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The African Widow |
| Date | c.1823-1826 |
| Record ID | 246041 |
| Collection Name | Chapbooks |
| Reference | CL-PamA5125A2581823 |
| Theme | Race, Ethnicity and Racism Illness and Death Religion |
| Library of Congress Subject | Sunday school literature Conversion Regeneration (Theology) Widows Blacks Widows |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Dixon, Joseph |
| Publisher | American Tract Society |
| Places | Andover, Mass |
| Document Type | Chapbook Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1823 Poems--1823 Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Andover Chapbooks--1823 Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Labels (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 16 p. : ill. ; 13 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 p. : |
| Catalog Notes | "On lately reading the report of a society instituted for the relief of the wants of the poor Africans and Asiatic strangers, whom various circumstances in providence have brought to England, I was much struck with the very affecting narrative of a black woman, which is added to the report.--It occurred to me, that it might be well to state the circumstances of her life in a few plain and simple rhymes."--Introduction, p. [2], signed "L.R." (i.e., Legh Richmond?). An edition of The African widow published in Dedham, Mass. by H. & W.H. Mann in 1816 attributes the work to Joseph Dixon. At head of title: (No. 17. The American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) published titles in Andover, Mass. between 1823 and 1826. Pages 4-16 also numbered 36-48. In printed wrapper. "The mother's tears" (in verse)--p. [14]-15. "The power of the Gospel" (in verse)--p. 16. "Children's books published by the American Tract Society"--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. "Price 2 1-2 cents."--at foot of wrapper. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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