Research Catalog

Title

The Black code of the District of Columbia, in force September 1st, 1848 / by Worthington G. Snethen, counsellor at law.

Author

Snethen, Worthington G. (Worthington Garrettson)

Publication

• New York : Published for the A. & F. Anti-Slavery Society, by William Harned, 61 John Street, 1848.
• ©1848.

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Additional Authors

• Harned, William
• United States. Laws, etc.
• Washington (D.C.). Laws, etc.
• Georgetown (Washington, D.C.). Laws, etc.
• American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.

Description

vi, [1], 8-61, [3] pages; 23 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

• African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Washington (D.C.)
• African Americans > Washington (D.C.)
• Slavery > Washington (D.C.)
• Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > Washington (D.C.)

Note

• "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by William Harned, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "Note. The author of the present work has nearly completed for publication, the 'Black Code' of each of the state of the union. That of Maryland will next make its appearance. City of Washington, Nov. 1st, 1848."--page [2] at end. Evidently no more were published.--cf. Sabin.
• Last page blank.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

The District of Columbia -- Ordinances of the corporation of Washington -- Ordinances of the corporation of Georgetown -- A list of laws forming the Black Code of the District of Columbia.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.975-S (Snethen, W. G. Black code of the District of Columbia)

LCCN

32030986

OCLC

• 43590918
• 3585336
• NYPGR3585336-B

Author

Snethen, Worthington G. (Worthington Garrettson), author.

Title

The Black code of the District of Columbia, in force September 1st, 1848 / by Worthington G. Snethen, counsellor at law.

Publisher

New York : Published for the A. & F. Anti-Slavery Society, by William Harned, 61 John Street, 1848.

Copyright Date

©1848.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9575

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 85445

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.975-S (accession no. B767508) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

United States. Laws, etc.

Washington (D.C.). Laws, etc.

Georgetown (Washington, D.C.). Laws, etc.

American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.

Harned, William, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.975-S (Snethen, W. G. Black code of the District of Columbia)