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The narrative of Lunsford Lane : formerly of Raleigh, N.C., embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin
- Title
- The narrative of Lunsford Lane : formerly of Raleigh, N.C., embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin / published by himself.
- Author
- Lane, Lunsford, 1803-approximately 1863
- Publication
- [Boston] : [Lunsford Lane], 1842.
- Boston : Printed for the publisher, J.G. Torrey, printer, 1842.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 326.92-L (Lane, L. Narrative. 1842) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 54 pages; 16 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Ink stamps (Provenance)
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Note
- The slave mother's address to her infant child / by J.P. Bishop on p. [2]-4 of cover.
- Includes "Bills of sale" for Lane and his family--p. 53-54
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92-L (Lane, L. Narrative. 1842)
- OCLC
- 26829328
- Author
- Lane, Lunsford, 1803-approximately 1863, author, publisher.
- Title
- The narrative of Lunsford Lane : formerly of Raleigh, N.C., embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin / published by himself.
- Publisher
- [Boston] : [Lunsford Lane], 1842.
- Manufacturer
- Boston : Printed for the publisher, J.G. Torrey, printer, 1842.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Indexed In:
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 5, page 3995, column 1, row 2
- Local Note
- The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy is a pre-1926 gift added to the Schomburg collection during Catherine A. Latimer's tenure as collection librarian. The book bears NYPL's bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, a "Schomburg Collection" ink stamp, an NYPL perforated stamp, and early processing markings of the original Schomburg Collection. The pamphlet is library-bound in brown cloth over boards, with its original front illustrated printed wrappers and gilt spine title.
- Source
- Gift; G03012. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Place of Publication
- United States Massachusetts Boston.
- Added Author
- Torrey, Joseph Gendall, 1797-1883, printer.Blanchard, Joshua P. (Joshua Pollard), 1782-1868. Slave mother's address to her infant child.Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.Schomburg Collection, ink stamp.Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948 collection librarian.
- LCCN
- 03027371
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92-L (Lane, L. Narrative. 1842)