Research Catalog

Title

Facts and observations relative to the participation of American citizens in the African slave trade / published by direction of a meeting representing the Religious Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &c.

Author

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, author, publisher.

Publication

• Philadelphia : [Religious Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &c.], 1841.
• Philadelphia : Joseph & William Kite, printers, 1841.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Joseph and William Kite (Firm), printer.
• Department of Negro literature and History (Harlem, New York, N.Y.), bookplate.

Description

36 pages; 23 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Subjects

• Slave-trade > United States
• Slavery > United States
• Slave-trade > Africa

Genre/Form

• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Bookplates (Provenance)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time
• Checklist of American imprints
• Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
• Dumond, D.L. Bibliography of antislavery in America
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-F (Friends, Society of. Facts and observations)

LCCN

84232429

OCLC

4075428

Author

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, author, publisher.

Title

Facts and observations relative to the participation of American citizens in the African slave trade / published by direction of a meeting representing the Religious Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &c.

Publisher

Philadelphia : [Religious Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &c.], 1841.

Manufacturer

Philadelphia : Joseph & William Kite, printers, 1841.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In:

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 23641

Checklist of American imprints, 41-2025

Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 2689

Dumond, D.L. Bibliography of antislavery in America, p. 55

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906, 3883 and 3899

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 3, page 2792, column 1, row 6

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy is probably a pre- 1926 gift. The pamphlet includes stamps of: "Division of Negro Literature and History," "Property of the City of New York," and "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department, 135 Street Branch, 103 West 135th St. on several parts of the book. It contains a "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department, Reference Collection of Negro Literature" bookplate. it also has an NYPL's perforated stamp, which indicated it was probably it was later transferred to the Schomburg Collection. Imperfect: faded cover, bound in full hunter green cloth over boards, library binding, and gilt spine.

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Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Joseph and William Kite (Firm), printer.

Department of Negro literature and History (Harlem, New York, N.Y.), bookplate.

Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948 curator.

Other Form:

Online version: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Facts and observations relative to the participation of American citizens in the African slave trade. Philadelphia : J. & W. Kite, Printers, 1841 (OCoLC)953804874

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-F (Friends, Society of. Facts and observations)