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Out of the ditch : a true story of an ex-slave
- Title
- Out of the ditch : a true story of an ex-slave / by J. Vance Lewis.
- Author
- Lewis, J. Vance, (Joseph Vance)
- Publication
- Houston, Texas : Rein & Sons Co., printers, 1910.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | Sc B-Lewis, J. (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch) | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | IEC (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch) | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- [2], 154 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports.; 22 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Black author
- Slaves > Louisiana > Biography
- African American lawyers > Biography
- Lewis, J. Vance, (Joseph Vance) > Portraits
- Slaves' writings, American
- Freedmen > Biography
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States
- Slaves > Biography
- Freedmen > Texas > Biography
- African American lawyers > Texas > Biography
- African Americans > Biography
- Note
- "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1910, by J. Vance Lewis, in the office of the Librarian on Congress, at Washington, D.C."--verso of title page.
- "Illustrated by the Texas Engraving Company."--p. [3].
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- Birthplace -- Life on the farm -- Doc Lewis becomes Judge Lewis -- School days -- College life -- In the courts of Illinois -- The case of John Donovan -- Henry Windgate's murder case in New York -- Mrs. Florida Philips tried for murder in Indianapolis, Indiana -- Before the courts of Harris County, Texas -- A conspiracy -- A trip to Europe -- Home coming -- Nineteenth of June in Cameron, Texas -- Into the jaws of death -- Religious parliament -- Conflict with the doctors -- Home and fireside.
- Call Number
- Sc B-Lewis, J. (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)
- OCLC
- 13720001
- Author
- Lewis, J. Vance, (Joseph Vance)
- Title
- Out of the ditch : a true story of an ex-slave / by J. Vance Lewis.
- Imprint
- Houston, Texas : Rein & Sons Co., printers, 1910.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc B-Lewis (accession no. B520676) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Rein & Sons Co., printer.Texas Engraving Company, engraver.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc B-Lewis, J. (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)IEC (Lewis, J. V. Out of the ditch)