Research Catalog

Title

Elizabeth, a colored minister of the gospel, born in slavery.

Author

Elizabeth, 1766-

Publication

Philadelphia, Published by the Tract Association of Friends, no. 304 Arch Street, 1889.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tract Association of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.), publisher.
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate. (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)
• Astor Library, Stamp. Stamp. (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)
• Schomburg Collection, 6217. (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)

Description

16 pages; 20 cm.

Summary

"Elizabeth, a Colored Minister of the Gospel Born in Slavery is the narrative of a woman who was born in slavery and experienced a dramatic vision in her youth, prompting her to become an evangelical Christian preacher. The narrative was republished under this title by Quakers in 1889 and is a reissue of her original story, Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Coloured Woman (1863). Added to the 1889 publication is a "brief account of Elizabeth's last sickness and death" in 1866 (page 12). This addendum not only describes the persecution Elizabeth experienced as a female preacher not ordained by any particular Christian denomination, but also indicates that Elizabeth's brazenness may have added to her hardships: "This out-speaking way sometimes gave offence, even where much sympathy was felt for her" (page 13). The author of the addendum notes that Elizabeth, who was emancipated at age thirty by a Presbyterian minister, was also a vocal supporter of Emancipation and was greatly concerned about the physical and moral condition of emancipated slaves...""--Documenting the American South, Collections, Slave narratives.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024). (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)

Series Statement

Tract Association of Friends, no. 170

Uniform Title

• Memoir of old Elizabeth, a coloured woman
• Tract Association of Friends (Series) ; no. 170.

Alternative Title

Memoir of old Elizabeth, a coloured woman

Subject

• Elizabeth, 1766-
• Free African Americans > Biography
• Slavery > United States
• Enslaved persons > United States > Biography
• Visions
• Preaching > United States > 19th century
• Christian women > Religious life
• African American women > Religious life

Genre/Form

• Autobiographies.
• Slave narratives.

Note

• Reissue. Originally published under title: Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a coloured woman. Philadelphia : Collins, printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1863.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Provenance (note)

• Copy in Sc Rare 248 E includes bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection.

Call Number

AN p.v. 22, no. 1

OCLC

25586977

Author

Elizabeth, 1766- author.

Title

Elizabeth, a colored minister of the gospel, born in slavery.

Publisher

Philadelphia, Published by the Tract Association of Friends, no. 304 Arch Street, 1889.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Tract Association of Friends, no. 170

Tract Association of Friends (Series) ; no. 170.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 3, page 2230, column 1, row 4

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 248 E includes bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection. NN

Local Note

The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy in Sc Rare 248 E, includes stamps of: "Astor Library, N.Y.;" top right of the title page with a manuscript notation: "-307- 1896," and "SC 6217," stamp at the bottom of page 3; it also includes accession no. K64549 in ink on the top right corner of [2] of cover and page 3; probably one of the books s added to the collection during the period when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. Item lacks original covers and is bound with additional blank pages at back, in navy cloth over boards.

Please use the photocopy.

Source

Copy in Sc Rare 248 E: K64549 NN

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Bookplates (Provenance)

Black author.

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Tract Association of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.), publisher.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate. (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)

Astor Library, Stamp. Stamp. (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)

Schomburg Collection, 6217. (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator. (Copy in Sc Rare 248 E)

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 248-E (Elizabeth. Elizabeth, a colored minister of the gospel)