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Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery : with an appendix, containing a list of places visited by the author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British isles : and other matter : (entered at Stationer's Hall).
- Title
- Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery : with an appendix, containing a list of places visited by the author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British isles : and other matter : (entered at Stationer's Hall).
- Author
- Roper, Moses.
- Publication
- Berwick-upon-Tweed : Published for the author, and printed at the Warder Office, MDCCCXLVIIII. [1848]
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- Additional Authors
- Warder Office (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England), printer.
- Description
- vi, [1], 8-68 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port.; 16 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Roper, Moses
- Slavery > North Carolina
- Fugitive slaves > North Carolina > Biography
- Roper, Moses > Portraits
- Racially mixed people > North Carolina > Biography
- Slaves > North Carolina > Biography
- African American abolitionists > Great Britain > Biography
- Slaves > South Carolina > Biography
- Slavery > South Carolina
- African Americans > South Carolina > Biography
- Black author
- African Americans > North Carolina > Biography
- Racially mixed people > South Carolina > Biography
- Fugitive slaves > South Carolina > Biography
- Note
- Frontispiece portrait of Roper has statement at foot: "Moses Roper in 1840."
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- ch. 1. Birth-place of the author ; The first time he was sold from his mother ; He passes through several hands -- ch. 2. The author is sold to Mr. J. Gooch ; The cruel treatment he both received and witnessed on that estate ; Repeated attempts at running away ; Escapes to his mother after being absent from her about ten years ; Meets with his sister, whom he had never seen before, on the road, who conducted him to his mother -- ch. 3. An account of the author's meeting with his mother, who did not know him, but was with her a very short time before he was taken by armed men, and imprisoned for thirty-one days, and then taken back to his Master -- ch. 4. The Author is flogged and punished in various ways, but still perseveres in his attempts to escape, till he was sold to Mr. Wilson -- ch. 5. The author was not long with Mr. Wilson, who was a Negro trader, before he was exchanged to Mr. Rowland, who was also a trader, for another slave, and after being with him for about a year, was sold to Mr. D. Goodly, who soon exchanged him again to Mr. Louis -- ch. 6. Travels with Mr. Louis to Pendleton Indian Springs, from thence to Columbus, where he was sold at auction to Mr. Beveridge ; His travels and history with Mr. B ; Is sold again to Mr. Register -- ch. 7. The Author's last attempt and final escape from Marianna to Savannah ; From thence to New York ; Quarantined at Staten Island -- ch. 8. His arrival in New York ; On to Poughkeepsie ; Albany ; Rogester [sic] ; Vermont ; Boston, and returned from thence to New York, and embarked for England -- ch. 9. The author arrives at Liverpool, November 29, 1835 ; Makes his way for London -- Appendix.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92-R (Roper, M. Narrative of the adventures. 1848)
- OCLC
- 26367106
- NYPGR26367106-B
- Author
- Roper, Moses.
- Title
- Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery : with an appendix, containing a list of places visited by the author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British isles : and other matter : (entered at Stationer's Hall).
- Imprint
- Berwick-upon-Tweed : Published for the author, and printed at the Warder Office, MDCCCXLVIIII. [1848]
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-R (accession no. B389139) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-R imperfect, lacking p. [i]-vi, which includes title page and table of contents. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Warder Office (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England), printer.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92-R (Roper, M. Narrative of the adventures. 1848)