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Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times : how he "fought the good fight" to prepare "the way."

Title
Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times : how he "fought the good fight" to prepare "the way." / Edited from his manuscript.
Author
Fairbank, Calvin, 1816-1898
Publication
  • Chicago : R.R. McCabe & Co., publishers, 1890.
  • ©1890.

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TextUse in library Sc 326.973F-F (Fairbank, C. Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
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Additional Authors
  • Haviland, Laura S. (Laura Smith), 1808-1898.
  • R.R. McCabe & Co., publisher.
Description
xi, [1], 207, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : portraits; 21 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Alternative Title
How the way was prepared
Subject
  • Fairbank, Calvin, 1816-1898
  • Fairbank, Calvin, 1816-1898 > Portraits
  • Fairbank, Mandana Tileston, 1826-1876 > Portraits
  • Abolitionists > United States > Biography
  • Methodists > United States > Biography
  • Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century
  • Underground Railroad
  • Underground Railroad > Kentucky
  • Underground Railroad > Ohio
  • Underground Railroad > Indiana
  • Fugitive slaves > United States
Genre/Form
  • Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)
  • Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
Note
  • Cover title: How the way was prepared.
  • "Copyright, 1890, by R.R. McCabe."--verso of title page.
  • "Statement by Laura S. Haviland"--pages 193-207.
  • Last page blank.
  • Portraits of Calvin Fairbank and Mandada T. Fairbank signed: "Blomgren Bros. Chi." and "Blomgren Bros. & Co. Chi."
Source (note)
  • Arthur A. Schomburg;
Provenance (note)
  • inscribed: in ink on recto of second free endleaf "Angelica, N.Y. Nov. 23, 1893. Sincerely yours, Calvin Fairbank." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc 326.973F-F (Fairbank, C. Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times)
OCLC
  • 2050982
  • NYPGR2050982-B
Author
Fairbank, Calvin, 1816-1898, author.
Title
Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times : how he "fought the good fight" to prepare "the way." / Edited from his manuscript.
Publisher
Chicago : R.R. McCabe & Co., publishers, 1890.
Copyright Date
©1890.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Copy in Sc 326.973F-F (accession no. B520678) inscribed: in ink on recto of second free endleaf "Angelica, N.Y. Nov. 23, 1893. Sincerely yours, Calvin Fairbank." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Local Note
Copy in Sc 326.973F-F rebound; lacking original binding with cover title.
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Added Author
Haviland, Laura S. (Laura Smith), 1808-1898.
R.R. McCabe & Co., publisher.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Cover Title
How the way was prepared
Research Call Number
Sc 326.973F-F (Fairbank, C. Rev. Calvin Fairbank during slavery times)
IIR (Fairbank, C. Rev. C. Fairbank during slavery times)
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